Re: Hardening pg_upgrade

From: Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Hardening pg_upgrade
Date: 2014-08-25 08:18:03
Message-ID: D30C7EE3805EB736C6EC6C01@eje.credativ.lan
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--On 21. August 2014 22:08:58 +0200 Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
wrote:

>> I vote for discarding 8.3 support in pg_upgrade. There are already
>> enough limitations on pg_upgrade from pre-8.4 to make it of questionable
>> value; if it's going to create problems like this, it's time to cut the
>> rope.
>
> +1. 8.3 has been unsupported for a fairly long time now, and you can
> still do a two-step upgrade if you're on that old a version.

Also +1 from my side. I've seen some old 8.3 installations at customers,
still, but they aren't large and can easily be upgraded with a two step
upgrade.

--
Thanks

Bernd

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