On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:14 PM, Scott Marlowe <scott.marl...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Patric Michael <bluesta...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Scott... > > > > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Scott Marlowe <scott.marl...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> So what does > >> > >> sudo locate postgresql.conf > >> > >> say? > > > > That I am irredeemably lazy as an admin? :) > > Lazy isn't always bad. Sometimes it makes you an efficiency expert. > True enough, if you can *remember* how you implemented your efficiency. :D > > > > > /usr/share/pgsql/postgresql.conf.sample > > /var/lib/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf > > /home/archives/db/postgresql.conf > > /home/postgres/data/postgresql.conf > > > > The first line is the --datadir as reported by pg_configure --configure > > The second line is the 7.4 data dir according to its PG_VERSION > > The third line was a directory backup I made when I upgraded to 8.1 > > The fourth line is the most recently updated database according to the > time > > stamps. (three days ago) > > So, what does PG_VERSION in each of the above directories have to say? > 7.4, which is unfortunately consistent with the idea of having done all the backup and restore work while cd'd to the now deleted binaries directory when I installed 8.1, although I no longer remember for sure. At the very least, it's the only explanation that makes sense to me, because pg_ctl --version pretty clearly shows 8.1.11 *headscratch*
