Alexy Khrabrov <deliverable@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > That's doable of course, but I wonder what would it take to get it to > work as-is, when building pg from source on each box, giving their > fairly similar characteristics. It's not promised to work, and if it breaks you get to keep both pieces. > Or, if time_t is different, would it be a show-stopper? The pg_controldata output suggests that indeed time_t size difference is the immediate issue. But there might be other ones lurking behind that. (FWIW, 8.4 has removed this particular potential platform difference: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2008-02/msg00184.php But I still wouldn't trust copying DB files between significantly different OSes.) regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general