BUG #14898: pg_upgrade documentation is misleading
The following bug has been logged on the website:
Bug reference: 14898
Logged by: Yves Goergen
Email address: yves.goergen@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 10.0
Operating system: Ubuntu
Description:
The documentation of pg_upgrade suggests that -d and -D are the data
directories. But actually they expect the config directories. In a default
installation from the official packages for Ubuntu (from PostgreSQL, not
from Ubuntu), this is a difference between /var/lib/postgresql/10/main and
/etc/postgresql/10/main. See also https://dba.stackexchange.com/q/190469
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On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 10:09:12PM +0000, yves.goergen@gmail.com wrote:
The following bug has been logged on the website:
Bug reference: 14898
Logged by: Yves Goergen
Email address: yves.goergen@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 10.0
Operating system: Ubuntu
Description:The documentation of pg_upgrade suggests that -d and -D are the data
directories. But actually they expect the config directories. In a default
installation from the official packages for Ubuntu (from PostgreSQL, not
from Ubuntu), this is a difference between /var/lib/postgresql/10/main and
/etc/postgresql/10/main. See also https://dba.stackexchange.com/q/190469
I think you are correct. We have tried to adjust our documentation to
show the most common implementation locations, but at the same time to
be accurate. For example, in the the 'postgres' manual page, we kept -D
(signifying datadir) but describe it as the location of the
configuration files, e.g.
-D datadir
Specifies the file system location of the database
configuration files.
This was not done with pg_upgrade, and the attached patch fixes that. I
am thinking of applying this to PG 10 and head (PG 11) but not
backpatching it further.
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Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com
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On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 12:28:30PM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 10:09:12PM +0000, yves.goergen@gmail.com wrote:
The following bug has been logged on the website:
Bug reference: 14898
Logged by: Yves Goergen
Email address: yves.goergen@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 10.0
Operating system: Ubuntu
Description:The documentation of pg_upgrade suggests that -d and -D are the data
directories. But actually they expect the config directories. In a default
installation from the official packages for Ubuntu (from PostgreSQL, not
from Ubuntu), this is a difference between /var/lib/postgresql/10/main and
/etc/postgresql/10/main. See also https://dba.stackexchange.com/q/190469I think you are correct. We have tried to adjust our documentation to
show the most common implementation locations, but at the same time to
be accurate. For example, in the the 'postgres' manual page, we kept -D
(signifying datadir) but describe it as the location of the
configuration files, e.g.-D datadir
Specifies the file system location of the database
configuration files.This was not done with pg_upgrade, and the attached patch fixes that. I
am thinking of applying this to PG 10 and head (PG 11) but not
backpatching it further.
Done. Thanks for the report.
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Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com
+ As you are, so once was I. As I am, so you will be. +
+ Ancient Roman grave inscription +