Re: Yet another failure mode in pg_upgrade

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Yet another failure mode in pg_upgrade
Date: 2012-09-01 15:57:10
Message-ID: 20120901155710.GB2969@momjian.us
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On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 11:45:58AM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> So, in summary, this patch moves the socket directory to the current
> directory all but live check operation, and handles different socket
> directories for old cluster >= 9.1. I have added a documentation
> mention of how to make this work for for pre-9.1 old servers.
>
> Thus completes another "surgery on a moving train" that is pg_upgrade
> development.

Oh, one more thing. We have talked about creating some special pipe for
pg_upgrade to communicate the a backend directly, but live check mode
hightlights that we will _still_ need traditional connection abilities
even if we add the pipe ability.

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