Re: This utility can only upgrade to PostgreSQL version 9.4

From: "Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: furlongs(at)osti(dot)gov
Subject: Re: This utility can only upgrade to PostgreSQL version 9.4
Date: 2015-07-27 13:55:49
Message-ID: e08b02ba1b383bfab3644da6468d2299@biglumber.com
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Shane Furlong asks:

> When I attempt to execute pg_upgrade, I get the following error:
...
> This utility can only upgrade to PostgreSQL version 9.4.
...
> /app/PostgreSQL/9.4/bin/pg_upgrade -b /app/PostgreSQL/9.0/bin -B /app/PostgreSQL/9.4/bin -c -d /pgsql/stip/data9 -D /pgsql/stip/data94
> The data directory for 9.4 is a copy of the data directory for 9.0.

That is your problem. You need to create a new, empty data directory for 9.4,
by using the 9.4 version of initdb. I do agree that the error message
could be improved.

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