Re: 7.0.2 -> 7.0.3 problem

By the way, what is pg_control and what does it do?

-Mitch
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Ansley" <Michael.Ansley@intec-telecom-systems.com>
To: "'Mitch Vincent '" <mitch@venux.net>
Cc: <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 4:02 PM
Subject: RE: [HACKERS] 7.0.2 -> 7.0.3 problem


> You have to dump/initdb/reload if you change the block size.  Simply
> recompiling is not going to work.
> 
> Cheers...
> 
> 
> MikeA
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mitch Vincent
> To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
> Sent: 11-13-00 12:57 AM
> Subject: [HACKERS] 7.0.2 -> 7.0.3 problem
> 
> I just upgraded to 7.0.3 and tried to start the backend like
> 
> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -B 256 -o '-S 10240 -s' -D
> /usr/local/pgsql/data -i > /usr/local/pgsql/postgres.log 2>&1 &
> 
> .. as I've done with 7.0.2, it failed to start and got this in my
> postgresql.log :
> 
> DEBUG:  Data Base System is starting up at Sun Nov 12 18:20:04 2000
> FATAL 2:  Read("/usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_control") failed: 2
> FATAL 2:  Read("/usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_control") failed: 2
> Startup failed - abort
> 
> The only compilation change I made was to increase BLCKSZ to 32k (which
> has
> been running in a production 7.0.2 environment for quite some time).
> 
> So what's up? Just to make sure I made the permissions 777 all the way
> down
> to pg_control but it had no effect.
> 
> ----
> 
> Hmm, I just re-installed 7.0.2 and I get the same error with it -- not
> good.
> 
> My development server, which is virtually the same, did fine when I
> installed 7.0.3 so I'm guessing it's not a problem across the board..
> 
> I also notice in the log that it's
> Read("/usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_control")
> that's failing and when I move pg_control out of the way, it's Open()
> that
> fails..
> 
> I did nothing but stop the postmaster, compile and install 7.0.3 and
> start
> the postmaster. then compiled and installed 7.0.2 again and all of the
> sudden the 7.0.2 or 7.0.3 backend doesn't start -- it makes no sense.
> 
> As always, any help is appreciated. Thanks!
> 
> -Mitch
>