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From: Thom Brown <thombrown@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:58:31 +0100
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Subject: Re: pg_upgrade invalid option
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Cc: Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org>, pgsql-docs <pgsql-docs@postgresql.org>
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On 12 June 2010 18:46, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> Thom Brown wrote:
>> > I am sure that will change soon. ?:-) ?The right URL is now #7 on
>> > Google:
>> >
>> > ? ? ? ?http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/pgupgrade.html
>> >
>> >> restoring from a full backup :( ?I don't think I could use it for
>> >> upgrading from beta 1 to beta 2 anyway by the looks of things. ?The
>> >> binary directories are updated since they share the same version
>> >> number.
>> >
>> > You certainly could have. ?The docs say:
>> >
>> > ? ? ? ?F.31.1. Supported Versions
>> >
>> > ? ? ? ?pg_upgrade supports upgrades from 8.3.X and later to the curren=
t major
>> > ? ? ? ?release of PostgreSQL, including snapshot and alpha releases.
>> >
>> > In fact, we were hoping people would test pg_upgrade during the requir=
ed
>> > beta2 catalog change.
>> >
>>
>> How would that work if the beta1 binaries are overwritten by the beta2
>> binaries since they both share the same version number?
>
> Uh, did you look at the URL I mentioned. =A0I talks about renaming the ol=
d
> directory before installing the new installation, if necessary.
>

Ah, I see.  Unfortunately it still wouldn't have helped since I had
already installed the new beta.  Normally it installs versions in
parallel, but not in this case. :/  Had I planned it before
installation, I would have ensured the binaries were moved beforehand.

Nevermind. :)

Thom