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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/bin/pg_upgrade/check.c | 9 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml index d401053edf3..8add90e8ed3 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation </para> <para> - pg_upgrade supports upgrades from 8.4.X and later to the current + pg_upgrade supports upgrades from 9.0.X and later to the current major release of <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>, including snapshot and beta releases. </para> </refsect1> diff --git a/src/bin/pg_upgrade/check.c b/src/bin/pg_upgrade/check.c index dc060418e50..26dae5681a7 100644 --- a/src/bin/pg_upgrade/check.c +++ b/src/bin/pg_upgrade/check.c @@ -316,8 +316,13 @@ check_cluster_versions(void) * upgrades */ - if (GET_MAJOR_VERSION(old_cluster.major_version) < 804) - pg_fatal("This utility can only upgrade from PostgreSQL version 8.4 and later.\n"); + /* + * The minimum version supported when this code shipped in a major version + * was 8.4. This has since been raised to 9.0, but the support code for + * dealing with 8.4 remains to avoid refactoring in a backbranch. + */ + if (GET_MAJOR_VERSION(old_cluster.major_version) < 900) + pg_fatal("This utility can only upgrade from PostgreSQL version 9.0 and later.\n"); /* Only current PG version is supported as a target */ if (GET_MAJOR_VERSION(new_cluster.major_version) != GET_MAJOR_VERSION(PG_VERSION_NUM)) |