Re: pg_upgrade is not correct

On Tue, Dec  8, 2020 at 03:13:30AM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
> 
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/pgupgrade.html
> Description:
> 
> If we use the following command to upgrade the standby server, then new
> cluster will create by old_cluster which is not correct.
> rsync --archive --delete --hard-links --size-only --no-inc-recursive
> old_cluster new_cluster remote_dir
> I used following command and this one is correct:
> rsync --archive --delete --hard-links --size-only --no-inc-recursive
> new_cluster old_cluster remote_dir 
> So the only thing need to change is the place of old_cluster and new_cluster
> in rsync command.

I am not sure how to reply.  These instructions have been unchanged for
a few years.  Why is the order you suggest correct?

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