Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:08:03 -0400
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: jmfox180 <mcano@stsa.info>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: PG_UPGRADE issues "this utility can only upgrade to
 postgresql version 9.2."
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On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:54:06AM -0700, jmfox180 wrote:
> so i'm running ubuntu 12.04 with pg8.3.2 installed on it, i want to upgrade
> to 9.2.4 using the pg_upgrade. i've followed this steps:
> 
> 1) download postgres9.2.4
> 2)configure it and compile it
> 3) make and install the pg_upgrade and pg_upgrade_support utilities from the
> pg9.2.4 contrib folder
> 4) init the pg9.2.4 cluster with:  initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql9.2.4/data
> 5) try to check for compatibilities between the 2 clusters and getting the
> following error while logged into postgres user account.
> 
> command>> 
> /usr/local/pgsql9.2.0/bin/./pg_upgrade -b /usr/local/pgsql/bin/ -B
> /usr/local/pgsql9.2.0/bin/ -c -d /usr/local/pgsql/data/ -D
> /usr/local/pgsql9.2.0/data/ 
> 
> error>>
> cannot write to log file pg_upgrade_internal.log
> Failure, exiting
> 
> 6) so i decided to move on and just do an upgrade without the -c (check for
> compatibilities) :
> 
>             6.1) stop both servers
>             6.2) run the same command without the -c to upgrade and getting
> :
>                " this utility can only upgrade to postgresql version 9.2"
> 
> please enlighten me or give me any advice.

You need write permission in the current directory.  My guess is that
your /usr/local/pgsql9.2.0/data/ isn't really 9.2.


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