Re: Is it possible to convert WAL's between architectures?

From: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>
To: "Alvaro Herrera" <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, "Scott Marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Marcin Kasperski" <Marcin(dot)Kasperski(at)softax(dot)com(dot)pl>
Subject: Re: Is it possible to convert WAL's between architectures?
Date: 2008-06-05 22:27:07
Message-ID: 48482192.EE98.0025.0@wicourts.gov
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>>> On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 5:18 PM, in message
<dcc563d10806051518w64a1833w269ecc2b377a1519(at)mail(dot)gmail(dot)com>, "Scott
Marlowe"
<scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Alvaro Herrera
> <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
>> Marcin Kasperski wrote:
>>>
>>> As in the title - is it possible to convert WAL for another
architecture?
>>>
>>> (source database on Linux/i386, contemplating chances to restore
>>> backup on Linux/amd64)
>>
>> No.
>
> Technically it really IS possible, but I can't imagine investing the
> time to be able to do so.

We did this by installing the 32 bit libraries and making a 32 bit
build which ran under the 64 bit OS.

-Kevin

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