Re: [ADMIN] pg_upgrade from 9.1.3 to 9.2 failed - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [ADMIN] pg_upgrade from 9.1.3 to 9.2 failed
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Msg-id 20120924152859.GG21242@momjian.us
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In response to Re: [ADMIN] pg_upgrade from 9.1.3 to 9.2 failed  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 11:24:04AM -0400, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 9/24/12 10:13 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> > FWIW, what I found out last time I touched this code is that on many
> > systems setlocale doesn't bother to return a canonicalized spelling;
> > it just gives back the string you gave it.  It might be worth doing
> > what Peter suggests, just to be consistent with what we are doing
> > elsewhere, but I'm not sure how much it will help.
> 
> It might not have anything to do with the current problem, but if initdb
> canonicalizes locale names, then pg_upgrade also has to.  Otherwise,
> whenever an operating system changes its locale canonicalization rules,
> pg_upgrade will fail.

Agreed. I will work on that soon.

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