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| author | Bernd Helmle | 2011-06-15 15:13:25 +0000 |
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| committer | Bernd Helmle | 2011-06-15 15:13:25 +0000 |
| commit | 682cd6c79b296baa97877c4d05241f9c0a694fea (patch) | |
| tree | eedb94cc08ca455237365ad2fd0126053a75c1f6 /doc/src/sgml/pgupgrade.sgml | |
| parent | 74375c8a693ff03da416b0df95b02831f4812c01 (diff) | |
| parent | 264a6b127a918800d9f8bac80b5f4a8a8799d0f1 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' of ../bernd_pg into notnull_constraintnotnull_constraint
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/pgupgrade.sgml | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/pgupgrade.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/pgupgrade.sgml index 8bd5f74178..a505707cc0 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/pgupgrade.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/pgupgrade.sgml @@ -256,7 +256,8 @@ gmake prefix=/usr/local/pgsql.new install so you might want to set authentication to <literal>trust</> in <filename>pg_hba.conf</>, or if using <literal>md5</> authentication, use a <filename>~/.pgpass</> file (see <xref linkend="libpq-pgpass">) - to avoid being prompted repeatedly for a password. + to avoid being prompted repeatedly for a password. Also make sure + pg_upgrade is the only program that can connect to the clusters. </para> </step> @@ -295,9 +296,11 @@ NET STOP pgsql-8.3 (<productname>PostgreSQL</> 8.3 and older used a different s data and executable (<filename>bin</>) directories. You can also specify separate user and port values, and whether you want the data linked instead of copied (the default). If you use linking, the upgrade will be much - faster (no data copying), but you will no longer be able to access your - old cluster once you start the new cluster after the upgrade. See - <literal>pg_upgrade --help</> for a full list of options. + faster (hard link data files rather than copying them), but you + will no longer be able to access your old cluster once you start + the new cluster after the upgrade. Link mode also requires that the + old and new cluster data directories be in the same file system. + See <literal>pg_upgrade --help</> for a full list of options. </para> <para> |