Quoting Tom Lane (tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us):
> Paul Tomblin <ptomblin@xcski.com> writes:
> > So I gave up, did a pg_dumpall, mounted the new directory, did an initdb
> > and restored the database, and everything is great.
>
> Curious. The other should have worked AFAICS. Maybe something silly,
> like the files were not copied with the right ownership/permissions?
I quite definitely used the "p" option in tar to preserve ownership, and
while I didn't examine all the files, a quick look showed them all with
the right permissions and ownership.
--
Paul Tomblin <ptomblin@xcski.com>, not speaking for anybody
"Mary had a little key,/She kept it in escrow/And everything that Mary
sent/The Feds were sure to know." - Sam Simpson on sci.crypt
