On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 5:36 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > arnaud gaboury <arnaud.gaboury@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> My box upgraded postgresql from 9.4.8 to 9.5.3 when doing a full >> version upgrade (Fedora 23 --> 24). > > So I assume you're using the Fedora-supplied RPMs, not the PGDG ones? > > (I'm not real sure, but I think the upgrade process would not have > chosen to replace non-Fedora RPMs. If it did, that might be part of > your problem; I believe the Fedora packaging is still a bit different > directory-layout-wise from PGDG. You'd be better off sticking with the > same PG package source.) > >> Now I think I shall run this command with postgres off: >> $ pg_upgrade -b /usr/lib64/pgsql/postgresql-9.4/bin -B /usr/bin -d >> /db/pgsql/data.old -D /db/pgsql/data > > Why are you not using "postgresql-setup upgrade", as documented in > /usr/share/doc/postgresql-NNN/README.rpm-dist ? Ok. With the data from my 9-4, i.e /db/pgsql/data, and with postgresql.service stopped. # postgresql-setup --upgrade * Upgrading database. ERROR: pg_upgrade tool failed ERROR: Upgrade failed. * See /var/lib/pgsql/upgrade_postgresql.log for details. # cat /var/lib/pgsql/upgrade_postgresql.log *failure* Consult the last few lines of "pg_upgrade_server.log" for the probable cause of the failure. connection to database failed: could not connect to server: No such file or directory Is the server running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain socket "/home/postgres/.s.PGSQL.5432"? could not connect to old postmaster started with the command: "/usr/lib64/pgsql/postgresql-9.4/bin/pg_ctl" -w -l "pg_upgrade_server.log" -D "/db/pgsql/data-old" -o "-p 5432 -b -c listen_addresses='' -c unix_socket_permissions=0700 -c unix_socket_directories='/home/postgres'" start As you can see, postgres can't find the socket > > regards, tom lane -- google.com/+arnaudgabourygabx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general