Re: Running pg_upgrade under Debian

ISTM there's a documentation bug here: in the code, the "dump" method
checks for tablespaces and raises an error if they are found, but the
"upgrade" method does not check. I think the documentation should state
that only the dump method does not support tablespaces.

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 02:41:09PM -0700, Adrian Klaver wrote:
> > On 04/20/2015 12:49 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > >On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 09:08:20AM +1000, rob stone wrote:
> > >>>For what it's worth: Debian provides a
> > >>>
> > >>> pg_upgradecluster
> > >>>
> > >>>tailored to its specific setup of PostgreSQL clusters. That
> > >>>has worked well for me across several major version bumps.
> > >>>
> > >>>Karsten
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>Indeed I have that program installed in /usr/lib but the man pages state
> > >>that it cannot handle tablespaces.
> > >
> > >Wow, that is odd. I wonder why.
> > >
> > Best guess is because pg_upgradecluster is a wrapper script that by
> > default uses pg_dump/pg_restore. Using is pg_upgrade is the second
> > choice.
> >
> > http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man8/pg_upgradecluster.8.html
>
> But pg_upgrade supports tablespaces, and I assume pg_dump/pg_restore do
> as well.

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