On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 09:28:51PM -0700, David G. Johnston wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 8:22 PM Tom Lane <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I wrote:
> > If EDB isn't adequately filling in the documentation for the behavior
> > of their packaging, that's on them.
>
> Having now looked more closely at the pg_upgrade documentation,
> I don't think this is exactly EDB's fault; it's text that should
> never have been there to begin with. ISTM we need to simply rip out
> lines 431..448 of pgupgrade.sgml, that is all the Windows-specific
> text starting with
>
> For Windows users, you must be logged into an administrative account,
> and
>
> That has got nothing to recommend it: we do not generally provide
> platform-specific details in these man pages, and to the extent it
> provides details, those details are likely to be wrong.
>
>
> I mean, we do provide platform-specific details/examples, it's just that
> platform is a source installed Linux platform (though pathless)
>
> Does the avoidance of dealing with other platforms also apply to NET STOP or
> do
> you find that an acceptable variance? Or are you suggesting that basically
> all
> O/S commands should be zapped? If not, then rewriting 442 to 446 to just be
> the command seems worthwhile. I'd say pg_upgrade warrants an examples section
> like pg_basebackup has (though obviously pg_upgrade is procedural).
I have developed the attached patch to remove RUNAS and SET PATH,
neither of which appear anywhere else in our docs.
--
Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> https://momjian.us
EDB https://enterprisedb.com
Only you can decide what is important to you.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml
index 46e8a0b746..8527c38711 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml
@@ -532,15 +532,9 @@ NET STOP postgresql-&majorversion;
</para>
<para>
- For Windows users, you must be logged into an administrative account, and
- then start a shell as the <literal>postgres</literal> user and set the proper path:
-
-<programlisting>
-RUNAS /USER:postgres "CMD.EXE"
-SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\&majorversion;\bin;
-</programlisting>
-
- and then run <application>pg_upgrade</application> with quoted directories, e.g.:
+ For Windows users, you must be logged into an administrative account,
+ and then run<application>pg_upgrade</application> with quoted
+ directories, e.g.:
<programlisting>
pg_upgrade.exe
