From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Cc: PostgreSQL-documentation <docs@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] INSTALL/install.sgml file
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 11:37:43 -0400
Message-ID: <12133.960219463@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200006051058.GAA20872@candle.pha.pa.us>
References: <200006051058.GAA20872@candle.pha.pa.us>
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> In looking at the INSTALL/install.sgml files, I see that there are no
> instructions for removing the /data directory after the backup, so
> initdb will succeed. Should that be suggested after the backup is
> performed? If not, initdb will fail. Also, I have to add something to
> the initdb step to tell 7.* users they don't need initdb.
What? It says "move the old directories out of the way" at the bottom
of step 6.
Possibly that should be promoted into a whole separate step, rather than
being just an afterthought to killing the postmaster.
This step and step 11 should also mention pg_upgrade as a possible
alternative to doing a full reload. (But encourage people to make
the backup anyway ;-).)
regards, tom lane
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