Re: pg_migrator mention in documentation

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_migrator mention in documentation
Date: 2009-07-03 18:11:27
Message-ID: 200907031811.n63IBRP28776@momjian.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> (Although actually, if that pg_config isn't in your path, the
> >> installed pg_migrator won't be either. It might be better to just
> >> say "fix things so that the new installation's executables are
> >> first in your PATH", and be done with it.)
>
> > I am betting many people will do src/pg_migrator to run it. However,
> > there will be no pg_migrator binary in the old cluster (hopefully) so it
> > would still find it even it the new cluster is not first in the path.
>
> That's not a very future-proof assumption...

Yep, but pg_migrator will exit quickly if an older version is run.

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