Re: Why can't I do this (setup question)

Quoting Tom Lane (tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us):
> Paul Tomblin <ptomblin(at)xcski(dot)com> writes:
> > So I gave up, did a pg_dumpall, mounted the new directory, did an initdb
> > and restored the database, and everything is great.
>
> Curious. The other should have worked AFAICS. Maybe something silly,
> like the files were not copied with the right ownership/permissions?

I quite definitely used the "p" option in tar to preserve ownership, and
while I didn't examine all the files, a quick look showed them all with
the right permissions and ownership.

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