Re: pg_upgrade

2013/2/15 Ian Harding <harding(dot)ian(at)gmail(dot)com>
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> On Feb 14, 2013, at 9:50 PM, Ian Lawrence Barwick <barwick(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> 2013/2/15 Ian Harding <harding(dot)ian(at)gmail(dot)com>
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>> When I run pg_upgrade, it tries to start the old cluster with the -w flag, which waits a while and declares failure, even though it starts the server. If I start/stop without -w everything is great.
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>> Can I tell pg_upgrade not to use that flag, or is there a reason it is not working that I should look into?
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>> version
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>> PostgreSQL 8.4.8 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc-4.4.real (Debian 4.4.5-8) 4.4.5, 64-bit
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> Which PostgreSQL version is the old cluster, and which version is the new cluster? What options are you supplying to pg_upgrade, and what output are you getting?
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> Old is 8.4, new is 9.2. I am not supplying an but the minimum options and --check succeeds. My
> pg_ctl fails when run by hand with -w (although the database does start) so I know that's the issue.

Maybe try running pg_upgrade with the --retain option and check
pg_upgrade_server.log for clues?

Ian Barwick