Re: BUG #11090: Unclear error message in pg_upgrade - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: BUG #11090: Unclear error message in pg_upgrade
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Msg-id 20140729185859.GT5475@eldon.alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to BUG #11090: Unclear error message in pg_upgrade  (brorfred@gmail.com)
Responses Re: BUG #11090: Unclear error message in pg_upgrade
Re: BUG #11090: Unclear error message in pg_upgrade
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brorfred@gmail.com wrote:

> pg_upgrade requires that the old and new database has the same install
> superuser (superuser that ran initdb). If this requirement isn't fulfilled,
> you'll get the following error:
>
> "Old and new cluster install users have different values for
> pg_authid.oid.\n"

To me, the bug is that we required both superusers to be named the same
in the first place.

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