[HACKERS] pg_upgrade docs

2012-09-04 Thread Bruce Momjian
This doc sentence about pg_upgrade is now inaccurate: If doing --check with a running old server of a pre-9.1 version, and the old server is using a Unix-domain socket directory that is different from the default built into the new PostgreSQL installation, set PGHOST to point to the so

Re: [HACKERS] pg_upgrade docs

2010-05-25 Thread Bruce Momjian
Robert Haas wrote: > On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 11:35 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Have you read the docs? ?It does mention the issue with /contrib and > > stuff. ?How do I document a limitation I don't know about? ?This is all > > very vague. ?Please suggest some wording. > > OK, here's an attempt.

Re: [HACKERS] pg_upgrade docs

2010-05-25 Thread Robert Haas
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 11:35 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Have you read the docs?  It does mention the issue with /contrib and > stuff.  How do I document a limitation I don't know about?  This is all > very vague.  Please suggest some wording. OK, here's an attempt. Please fact-check. -- Gener

Re: [HACKERS] pg_upgrade docs

2010-05-24 Thread Bruce Momjian
Robert Haas wrote: > On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 5:50 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > What is your point? > > My point is that I think Stefan has a good point when he says this: > > >> >> >> hmm that seems better thanks, however I just noticed that we don't > >> >> >> have > >> >> >> a "general limita

Re: [HACKERS] pg_upgrade docs

2010-05-24 Thread Robert Haas
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 5:50 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote: > What is your point? My point is that I think Stefan has a good point when he says this: >> >> >> hmm that seems better thanks, however I just noticed that we don't have >> >> >> a "general limitations" section. The way the docs are now done

Re: [HACKERS] pg_upgrade docs

2010-05-24 Thread Robert Haas
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Dave Page wrote: > On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Robert Haas wrote: > It works OK for me.  The link to /contrib/pg_upgrade within the nav section at the top righthand corner of the page seems to work just fine. http://wiki.postgresql.or

Re: [HACKERS] pg_upgrade docs

2010-05-24 Thread Bruce Momjian
Robert Haas wrote: > On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Robert Haas wrote: > >> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote: > >> > Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote: > >> >> > I have updated the paragraph to be: > >> >> > > >> >> > ? ? Upgrading from PostgreSQL 8.3 has a

Re: [HACKERS] pg_upgrade docs

2010-05-24 Thread Dave Page
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Robert Haas wrote: >>> It works OK for me.  The link to /contrib/pg_upgrade within the nav >>> section at the top righthand corner of the page seems to work just >>> fine. >>> >>> http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Todo#.2Fcontrib.2Fpg_upgrade >> >> The problem is th

Re: [HACKERS] pg_upgrade docs

2010-05-24 Thread Robert Haas
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Robert Haas wrote: >> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote: >> > Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote: >> >> > I have updated the paragraph to be: >> >> > >> >> > ? ? Upgrading from PostgreSQL 8.3 has additional restrictions not >> >>

Re: [HACKERS] pg_upgrade docs

2010-05-24 Thread Bruce Momjian
Robert Haas wrote: > On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote: > >> > I have updated the paragraph to be: > >> > > >> > ? ? Upgrading from PostgreSQL 8.3 has additional restrictions not present > >> > ? ? when upgrading from later PostgreSQL releases. ?F

Re: [HACKERS] pg_upgrade docs

2010-05-24 Thread Robert Haas
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote: >> > I have updated the paragraph to be: >> > >> >     Upgrading from PostgreSQL 8.3 has additional restrictions not present >> >     when upgrading from later PostgreSQL releases.  For example, >> >     pg_upgrade

Re: [HACKERS] pg_upgrade docs

2010-05-24 Thread Bruce Momjian
Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote: > > I have updated the paragraph to be: > > > > Upgrading from PostgreSQL 8.3 has additional restrictions not present > > when upgrading from later PostgreSQL releases. For example, > > pg_upgrade will not work for a migration from 8.3 if a user column > >

Re: [HACKERS] pg_upgrade docs

2010-05-24 Thread Stefan Kaltenbrunner
On 05/24/2010 07:43 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote: Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote: On 05/19/2010 05:16 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote: Andres Freund wrote: On Wednesday 19 May 2010 22:39:32 Bruce Momjian wrote: There are some limitations when migrating from 8.3 to 8.4, but not when migrating from 8.3 to 9.0,

Re: [HACKERS] pg_upgrade docs

2010-05-24 Thread Bruce Momjian
Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote: > On 05/19/2010 05:16 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Andres Freund wrote: > >> On Wednesday 19 May 2010 22:39:32 Bruce Momjian wrote: > >>> There are some limitations when migrating from 8.3 to 8.4, but not when > >>> migrating from 8.3 to 9.0, because we added a feature t

Re: [HACKERS] pg_upgrade docs

2010-05-20 Thread Stefan Kaltenbrunner
On 05/19/2010 05:16 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Andres Freund wrote: >> On Wednesday 19 May 2010 22:39:32 Bruce Momjian wrote: >>> There are some limitations when migrating from 8.3 to 8.4, but not when >>> migrating from 8.3 to 9.0, because we added a feature to 9.0. Can you >>> give a specific ex

Re: [HACKERS] pg_upgrade docs

2010-05-19 Thread Bruce Momjian
Andres Freund wrote: > On Wednesday 19 May 2010 22:39:32 Bruce Momjian wrote: > > There are some limitations when migrating from 8.3 to 8.4, but not when > > migrating from 8.3 to 9.0, because we added a feature to 9.0. Can you > > give a specific example? > Didnt the 'name' alignment change? Uh,

Re: [HACKERS] pg_upgrade docs

2010-05-19 Thread Andres Freund
On Wednesday 19 May 2010 22:39:32 Bruce Momjian wrote: > There are some limitations when migrating from 8.3 to 8.4, but not when > migrating from 8.3 to 9.0, because we added a feature to 9.0. Can you > give a specific example? Didnt the 'name' alignment change? Andres -- Sent via pgsql-hacker

Re: [HACKERS] pg_upgrade docs

2010-05-19 Thread Bruce Momjian
Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Excerpts from Stefan Kaltenbrunner's message of mi?? may 19 15:53:18 -0400 > 2010: > > While looking at the docs for pg_upgrade I noticed some stuff that the > > following patch attempts to at least partly address. > > Surely this para can be removed? > > > If

Re: [HACKERS] pg_upgrade docs

2010-05-19 Thread Bruce Momjian
Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote: > While looking at the docs for pg_upgrade I noticed some stuff that the > following patch attempts to at least partly address. > There is quite some confusion going on between using "Postgres" and > PostgreSQL, I changed that to the later because that is how we spell th

Re: [HACKERS] pg_upgrade docs

2010-05-19 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Excerpts from Stefan Kaltenbrunner's message of mié may 19 15:53:18 -0400 2010: > While looking at the docs for pg_upgrade I noticed some stuff that the > following patch attempts to at least partly address. Surely this para can be removed? If you are using tablespaces and migrating t

[HACKERS] pg_upgrade docs

2010-05-19 Thread Stefan Kaltenbrunner
While looking at the docs for pg_upgrade I noticed some stuff that the following patch attempts to at least partly address. There is quite some confusion going on between using "Postgres" and PostgreSQL, I changed that to the later because that is how we spell the productname in all the other parts