Re: pg_upgrade problem

Melvin Davidson <melvin6925(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:

> Using pg_upgrade in 9.4 CentOS release 6.6 (Final) (from PostgreSQL 9.1.15) it fails when GRANTING permits to roles.
>
> Checking pg_upgrade_dump_globals.sql, I see the point of failure is caused by the -- Role memberships section.
>
> In there I see the following troublesome lines.
> -- Role memberships
> ...
> ...
> ....
> GRANT "supers" TO "pgpoolad" GRANTED BY "postgres";
> GRANT "" TO "";
> GRANT "" TO "";
> GRANT "" TO "";
> GRANT "" TO "";
> GRANT "" TO "";
> GRANT "" TO "";
> GRANT "" TO "";
> GRANT "" TO "";
> GRANT "" TO "" GRANTED BY "postgres";
> GRANT "" TO "";
> GRANT "" TO "";
>
> Doing a pg_dumpall -g on the database produces the same result.

Well then I don't presume this is a pg_upgrade issue.

Inspect your pg_auth_members catalog for entries referring to rows
absent from pg_authid.

Did someone manually remove rows from pg_authid?

> I am pretty sure this is catalog corruption.
>
> Can anyone else confirm and/or suggest a recommended fix?
>
> --
> Melvin Davidson
>

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