Re: pg_upgrade: Pass -j down to vacuumdb - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: pg_upgrade: Pass -j down to vacuumdb
Date
Msg-id 201901251708.ha3sgz7dn4rm@alvherre.pgsql
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In response to Re: pg_upgrade: Pass -j down to vacuumdb  (Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>)
Responses Re: pg_upgrade: Pass -j down to vacuumdb  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On 2019-Jan-25, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> On 25/01/2019 11:28, Michael Paquier wrote:
> > based on that linking the value used by pg_upgrade and vacuumdb is a
> > bad concept in my opinion, and the patch should be rejected.  More
> > documentation on pg_upgrade side to explain that a bit better could be
> > a good idea though, as it is perfectly possible to use your own
> > post-upgrade script or rewrite partially the generated one.
> 
> Right.  pg_upgrade doesn't actually call vacuumdb.  It creates a script
> that you may use.  The script itself contains a comment that says, if
> you want to do this as fast as possible, don't use this script.  That
> comment could be enhanced to suggest the use of the -j option.

So let's have it write with a $VACUUMDB_OPTS variable, which is by
default defined as empty but with a comment suggesting that maybe the
user wants to add the -j option.  This way, if they have to edit it,
they only have to edit the VACUUMDB_OPTS line instead of each of the two
vacuumdb lines.

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