Re: postgresql-17 on debian bookworm - directories missing

On 2025-Nov-20, Hu Bert wrote:

> Hi there,
> i have a debian bookworm with postgresql-16 installed, from postgresql
> repository. I wanted to install postgresql-17 and then do a an inplace
> upgrade via pg_upgrade.
>
> Install: apt install postgresql-17 postgresql-17-postgis-3
> postgresql-17-postgis-3-scripts postgresql-client-17
>
> But after the installation there's no v17 cluster:

I think this is expected. The Debian packages create a cluster when you
install the server packages only if you don't already have a cluster.
Here it's clearly that you do have one, so a new one isn't created. You
could create one yourself with pg_createcluster. However, if what you
want to do is to upgrade the 16 one, then I think you don't need to
create a new one, but instead use pg_upgradecluster which will create
one for you.

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