Thomas Kellerer, 12.07.2010 23:29:
Hi,
I'm trying pg_upgrade on my Windows installation and I have two
suggestions for the manual regarding pg_upgrade:
When specifying directories, pg_upgrade *requires* a forward slash as
the path separator. This is (still) uncommon in the Windows world
(although Windows does support it) and even though the example in the
manual does show forward slashes, I think it would be a good idea to
specifically mention the fact that it will *not* work with a backslash.
There is another misleading error message.
When the old *bin*dir is not specified correctly, pg_upgrade claims the old
*data*dir does not exist
Something like:
pg_upgrade --check --old-bindir="c:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/8.4" ....
(note the missing /bin part)
will cause the following output:
'c:/Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Performing Consistency Checks
-----------------------------
Checking old data directory (c:/Daten/db/pgdata84)
check for postgres failed - No such file or directory
It took me a while to find out that the bindir was wrong, not the datadir. The
"c:/Program' is not recognized as an.." made it even more confusing.
Regards
Thomas
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