Re: BUG #5735: pg_upgrade thinks that it did not start the old server

On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Arturas Mazeika <mazeika(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> Checking old data directory (I:\PostgreSQL\8.3\data)        ok
> Checking old bin directory (C:\Program Files (x86)\PostgreSQL\8.3\bin)ok
> Checking new data directory (I:\PostgreSQL\9.0)             ok
> Checking new bin directory (C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.0\bin)ok

I can't comment on the problem reported as I'm not that familiar with
pg_upgrade, but from the paths above, it looks like you're trying to
upgrade from a 32bit 8.3 server to a 64 bit 9.0 server, which isn't
going to work without a dump/restore. With pg_upgrade, the two builds
need to be from the same platform, same word size, and have the same
configuration for certain settings like integer_datetimes.

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