Re: Problems with pg_upgrade.

On 7/29/2014 9:41 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bror Jonsson<brorfred(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> >I'm trying to upgrade from 9.0 to 9.2 with out any success. the pg_upgrade script fails with the message Old and new cluster install users have different values for pg_authid.oid:
>> >geo-route-in:~ bror$/opt/local//lib/postgresql92/bin/pg_upgrade -b/opt/local//lib/postgresql90/bin/ -B/opt/local//lib/postgresql92/bin/ -d/Volumes/ruoteRAID/db/postgresql90/defaultdb/ -D /Volumes/ruoteRAID/db/postgresql92/defaultdb/ -u bror
> At a guess, "bror" is not the original superuser in the old cluster
> (ie, the one who ran initdb). You need to use the name of that
> superuser, not just any superuser.

to clarify, the old cluster's install_user is postgres, while the new is
bror. they must be the same. stop the new cluster, wipe the data dir
out, and re-run initdb as the postgres user this time, THEN run the
upgrade script with -u postgres

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