The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 6085 Logged by: Olivier LEVESQUE Email address: olevesq...@gmail.com PostgreSQL version: 9.0.3 Operating system: RHEL 5.4 Linux 2.6.18 x86_64 Description: pg_upgrade fails when unix_socket_directory != /tmp Details:
Running pg_upgrade on clusters with unix_socket_directory parameter different (e.g. /pgqdata/pgserver01/data) than default value (/tmp) fails: $ pg_upgrade -d /pgqdata/pgserver01/data -D /pgqdata/pgserver02/data -b /opt/pgsql/na/8.4.4/bin -B /opt/pgsql/na/9.0.3/bin -p 5432 -P 5433 --check Performing Consistency Checks ----------------------------- Checking old data directory (/pgqdata/pgserver01/data) ok Checking old bin directory (/opt/pgsql/na/8.4.4/bin) ok Checking new data directory (/pgqdata/pgserver02/data) ok Checking new bin directory (/opt/pgsql/na/9.0.3/bin) ok Trying to start old server .................ok Unable to start old postmaster with the command: "/opt/pgsql/na/8.4.4/bin/pg_ctl" -l "/dev/null" -D "/pgqdata/pgserver01/data" -o " -p 5432 -c autovacuum=off -c autovacuum_freeze_max_age=2000000000" start >> "/dev/null" 2>&1 Perhaps pg_hba.conf was not set to "trust". ===> Here, the error message given is not true, because old postmaster has been started succesfuly. It is just the connection test that failed. A subsequent start (with old cluster running) of --check gives a better information: PerForming Consistency Checks on Old Live Server ------------------------------------------------ Checking old data directory (/pgqdata/pgserver01/data) ok Checking old bin directory (/opt/pgsql/na/8.4.4/bin) ok Checking new data directory (/pgqdata/pgserver02/data) ok Checking new bin directory (/opt/pgsql/na/9.0.3/bin) ok Connection to database failed: could not connect to server: No such file or directory Is the server running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"? ===> Why searching socket in /tmp while it is not the directory in postgresql.conf? Changing (commenting #unix_socket_directory in postgresql.conf) solves the problem and pg_upgrade runs fine. -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs