Re: pg_upgrade message

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_upgrade message
Date: 2012-02-15 19:22:17
Message-ID: 20120215192217.GB19632@momjian.us
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On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 07:50:41PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> pg_upgrade prints something like this:
>
> Restoring user relation files
> /var/lib/postgresql/8.4/main/base/35338/37229
>
> But it's not actually "restoring" anything, is it?
>
> Maybe "transferring" would be better? (Or copying/linking, to be more
> precise.)

What an excellent idea; I changed it to say link/copy, with the
attached, applied patch. The new output is:

Creating databases in the new cluster ok
Adding support functions to new cluster ok
Restoring database schema to new cluster ok
Removing support functions from new cluster ok
--> Linking user relation files
ok
Setting next OID for new cluster ok
Creating script to delete old cluster ok

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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com

+ It's impossible for everything to be true. +

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