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

From John R Pierce
Subject Re: BUG #11090: Unclear error message in pg_upgrade
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Msg-id 53D7FB9C.4090701@hogranch.com
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In response to Re: BUG #11090: Unclear error message in pg_upgrade  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>)
Responses Re: BUG #11090: Unclear error message in pg_upgrade
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On 7/29/2014 11:58 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> 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.

so, if its enhanced with a -U newsuperuser flag, any objects owned by
'postgres' on the original cluster are now owned by 'newsuperuser' on
the new cluster?

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john r pierce                                      37N 122W
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