Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org> writes:
> Tom, if he was running 7.2.x prior, the initscript is programmed to prevent
> starting postmaster if the database structure is too old.
Hardly necessary --- the postmaster itself checks that, too. If he was
able to start the postmaster then he doesn't have a version problem.
regards, tom lane