From: | The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Hiroshi Inoue <Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: pg_group_name_index corrupt? |
Date: | 2000-05-05 02:51:11 |
Message-ID: | Pine.BSF.4.21.0005042350440.56194-100000@thelab.hub.org |
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On Thu, 4 May 2000, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Would a pg_upgrade fix this, or do I have to do a whole dump/reload?
>
> > pg_upgrade *should* work, but if I were you I'd make a backup dump
> > first, just in case. I don't trust pg_upgrade very much...
>
> Oh, btw: pg_upgrade will *not* work to save and reload your group
> definitions, because neither it nor pg_dumpall do anything at all with
> pg_group! For that matter, a full dumpall/reload won't preserve
> groups either!
>
> I griped about that a week or so ago, but no one seems to have picked up
> on it. Do you want to consider that a "must fix" problem as well?
> I think it's a pretty minor fix, but considering how late we are in the
> cycle...
considering where the problem is, I think that if it can be safely done,
please do it ...
Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy(at)hub(dot)org secondary: scrappy(at){freebsd|postgresql}.org
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