Re: BUG #13646: Upgrading existing db from 9.2 to 9.4.4 not working using postgresql-setup.

Hi Tom,
Thank you for the background. If I need to take it further then I'll
do as you suggest.

Kind regards,
Jeremy

On 28/09/15 14:38, Tom Lane wrote:
> jwhiting(at)redhat(dot)com writes:
>> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>> Bug reference: 13646
>> Logged by: Jeremy Whiting
>> Email address: jwhiting(at)redhat(dot)com
>> PostgreSQL version: 9.4.4
>> Operating system: Fedora 22, Linux burtha-f22 4.1.6-200.fc22.x86_64
>> Description:
>> Hi,
>> I have been trying to upgrade a database created using 9.2.0. Using the
>> postgresql-setup version 9.4.4. This issue happens on two machines both
>> running Fedora 22.
> You would be better off filing this in Red Hat's bugzilla, because
> postgresql-setup is Red Hat's code not the PG community's. However,
> I think what you'll be told is that postgresql-setup isn't intended to
> handle upgrades across more than one major Postgres version. It certainly
> wouldn't have been able to when I worked there, because it's only packaged
> with a postmaster executable for the immediately preceding major Postgres
> version.
>
> Perhaps you can persuade the guys to redesign the packaging to handle
> such cases, but here is not where to ask for it.
>
> regards, tom lane