Re: pg recovery

Tom Lane wrote:

> Hmmm ... but it sure looks like the values are offset a few fields from
> where they belong ... [ meditates awhile... ]  Ah, I've sussed it: the
> pg_controldata output you showed can be explained exactly by the
> assumption that this copy of pg_controldata thinks time_t is 64 bits
> wide, where the pg_control file actually has 32-bit-wide time_t fields.
> That explains both the ridiculously large dates (quite impossible for
> 32-bit time_t's) and the offsetting of the following fields.
>
> So the short answer is probably that you're trying to use a 64-bit build
> of Postgres against a 32-bit database.  You need to get a matching build.
>
> (We really need to stop using time_t in pg_control.h ...)
>
>             regards, tom lane

exactly - I am currently installing a 32bit dapper on a VM in order to
do the migration

thanks muchly :)

Bernhard

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