Re: Stumped by a version conflict.

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:14 PM, Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Patric Michael <bluestar43(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
> > Scott...
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> So what does
> >>
> >> sudo locate postgresql.conf
> >>
> >> say?
> >
> > That I am irredeemably lazy as an admin? :)
>
> Lazy isn't always bad. Sometimes it makes you an efficiency expert.
>

True enough, if you can *remember* how you implemented your efficiency. :D

>
> >
> > /usr/share/pgsql/postgresql.conf.sample
> > /var/lib/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf
> > /home/archives/db/postgresql.conf
> > /home/postgres/data/postgresql.conf
> >
> > The first line is the --datadir as reported by pg_configure --configure
> > The second line is the 7.4 data dir according to its PG_VERSION
> > The third line was a directory backup I made when I upgraded to 8.1
> > The fourth line is the most recently updated database according to the
> time
> > stamps. (three days ago)
>
> So, what does PG_VERSION in each of the above directories have to say?
>

7.4, which is unfortunately consistent with the idea of having done all the
backup and restore work while cd'd to the now deleted binaries directory
when I installed 8.1, although I no longer remember for sure. At the very
least, it's the only explanation that makes sense to me, because pg_ctl
--version pretty clearly shows 8.1.11 *headscratch*