Re: [HACKERS] Invalid magic number in log file?

2007-05-16 Thread Tom Lane
Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Maybe the thing to do here is to disallow running a postmaster when the > data dir is using a different WAL magic (forcing you to pg_resetxlog or > initdb). Which, curiously enough, is exactly what it does ... I'm not particularly concerned with the us

Re: [HACKERS] Invalid magic number in log file?

2007-05-15 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Gregory Stark wrote: > > "Alvaro Herrera" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Gregory Stark wrote: > >> > >> When starting up a postmaster from an older build on a database initialized > >> with a newer build I'm getting the following errors. I think I saw the same > >> thing earlier going in the

Re: [HACKERS] Invalid magic number in log file?

2007-05-15 Thread Gregory Stark
"Alvaro Herrera" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Gregory Stark wrote: >> >> When starting up a postmaster from an older build on a database initialized >> with a newer build I'm getting the following errors. I think I saw the same >> thing earlier going in the opposite direction too. Shouldn't the

Re: [HACKERS] Invalid magic number in log file?

2007-05-15 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Gregory Stark wrote: > > When starting up a postmaster from an older build on a database initialized > with a newer build I'm getting the following errors. I think I saw the same > thing earlier going in the opposite direction too. Shouldn't there be some > earlier errors firing from the control f