Re: Need Help Recovering from Botched Upgrade Attempt - Mailing list pgsql-general

On Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Klint Gore wrote:

>>    5.) Built postgresql-8.3.3 using the SlackBuild script, then ran
>> 'upgradepkg postgresql-8.3.3*tgz'; other than reporting not finding an
>> expected pid file, that went smoothly.
>>
> Is there an initdb in here somewhere?  Or is the 8.3 server trying to start
> with an 8.1 file structure?

Klint,

   Backed up a couple of steps, and tried again. Removed postgresql-8.3.3;
deleted all contents of /var/lib/pgsql/data (because initdb is supposed to
create the contents, if I correctly read the Postgresql book); re-installed
postgresql-8.3.3; ran (as user postgres) 'initdb -D /var/lib/pgsql/data'.
Nothing!

   I've really FUBARed this and don't understand how, or what to do to
recover.

Thanks,

Rich

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