Re: pg_upgrade default ports in the --help output

2012/10/4 Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)gmail(dot)com>:
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/pgupgrade.html
> "Obviously, no one should be accessing the clusters during the upgrade.
> pg_upgrade defaults to running servers on port 50432 to avoid unintended
> client connections. You can use the same port number for both clusters when
> doing an upgrade because the old and new clusters will not be running at the
> same time. However, when checking an old running server, the old and new
> port numbers must be different."

Should have checked the docs first, sorry for the noise.

>> Why is this different from:
>> --with-pgport=PORTNUM set default port number [5432]
>
> Where is this coming from?

./configure --help

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Victor Y. Yegorov