On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 09:23:28PM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote: > The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: > > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/pgupgrade.html > Description: > > pg_upgrade seems to assume that the datadir and the configdir are the same > but on Debian/Ubuntu they are not the same by default (installing from the > postgres repository). > > The current documentation: > > -d configdir > --old-datadir=configdir > > the old database cluster configuration directory; environment variable > PGDATAOLD > > -D configdir > --new-datadir=configdir > > the new database cluster configuration directory; environment variable > PGDATANEW > > In order for this to work on Debian/Ubuntu you need to also pass some > options with the actual configuration directory. For example: > > -o 'config_file=/etc/postgresql/9.6/main/postgresql.conf' > -O 'config_file=/etc/postgresql/10/main/postgresql.conf' > > I think the documentation could use some clarification on this point.
Uh, I am confused. -d and -D are supposed to specify where postgresql.conf is. Are you saying that doesn't work. Can you show us the file paths, and the errors you see? -- Bruce Momjian <br...@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 +