Re: postgres 8.2 doesn't start after ubuntu upgrade

From: Markus Wanner <markus(at)bluegap(dot)ch>
To: Bryan Keith <bryan(at)ideotrope(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org, Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Daniel J(dot) Summers" <daniel(at)djs-consulting(dot)com>
Subject: Re: postgres 8.2 doesn't start after ubuntu upgrade
Date: 2009-03-01 22:01:56
Message-ID: 49AB05D4.8060309@bluegap.ch
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Hi Bryan,

Bryan Keith wrote:
> After thinking about this a little more, I realize that the problem for me
> is not that the upgrade didn't go well. It's that I can't access my data
> on 8.2.

Well, yeah, if your Postgres 8.2 doesn't even start up, you cannot dump
the data from it. And pg_upgradecluster does not much more that a dump
restore cycle.

> If
> I can access the data on 8,2, that'd be great, too, and then I can worry
> about upgrading.

That sounds like a reasonable approach, yeah.

> How can I see it? Why won't 8.2 start? Note that I get no message at the
> prompt when trying to start 8.2.

Is the package postgresql-8.2 still installed? Or did the Ubuntu upgrade
automatically deinstall that? What does the log in
/var/log/postgresql/8.2/... say?

Regards

Markus Wanner

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