Craig Ringer, 13.07.2010 05:11:
> On 13/07/10 05:29, Thomas Kellerer wrote:
>
>> I would suggest to either manually change the autocommit mode from
>> within pg_upgrade or to add a note in the manual to disable/remove this
>> setting from psqlrc.conf before running pg_upgrade. Personally I think
>> the first option would be the better one.
>
> Should pg_upgrade be reading psqlrc at all? There are bound to be all
> sorts of exciting issues that psqlrc settings can create.
>
I interpret the error message such that pg_upgrade _calls_ (i.e spawns) psql to run the CREATE DATABASE command. If that is true, probably the easiest solution would be to run psql using the -X switch.
Regards
Thomas