Re: Invalid magic number in log file?

"Alvaro Herrera" <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:

> Gregory Stark wrote:
>>
>> When starting up a postmaster from an older build on a database initialized
>> with a newer build I'm getting the following errors. I think I saw the same
>> thing earlier going in the opposite direction too. Shouldn't there be some
>> earlier errors firing from the control file version number?
>>
>> stark(at)oxford:~$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -D /var/tmp/db
>> LOG: database system was shut down at 2007-05-14 19:47:51 BST
>> LOG: invalid magic number D061 in log file 0, segment 0, offset 0
>> LOG: invalid primary checkpoint record
>> LOG: invalid magic number D061 in log file 0, segment 0, offset 0
>> LOG: invalid secondary checkpoint record
>> PANIC: could not locate a valid checkpoint record
>> LOG: startup process (PID 9590) was terminated by signal 6: Aborted
>> LOG: aborting startup due to startup process failure
>
> Huh, works for me, what versions were those?

Well it's cvs HEAD and a checkout from May 1st.

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