#!/bin/sh # This script verifies that the postgresql data directory has been correctly # initialized. We do not want to automatically initdb it, because that has # a risk of catastrophic failure (ie, overwriting a valuable database) in # corner cases, such as a remotely mounted database on a volume that's a # bit slow to mount. But we can at least emit a message advising newbies # what to do. PGDATA="$1" if [ -z "$PGDATA" ] then echo "Usage: $0 database-path" exit 1 fi # PGMAJORVERSION is major version PGMAJORVERSION=9.4 # PREVMAJORVERSION is the previous major version, e.g., 8.4, for upgrades PREVMAJORVERSION=9.3 # Check for the PGDATA structure if [ -f "$PGDATA/PG_VERSION" ] && [ -d "$PGDATA/base" ] then # Check version of existing PGDATA if [ x`cat "$PGDATA/PG_VERSION"` = x"$PGMAJORVERSION" ] then : A-OK elif [ x`cat "$PGDATA/PG_VERSION"` = x"$PREVMAJORVERSION" ] then echo $"An old version of the database format was found." echo $"See https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PostgreSQL#Upgrading_PostgreSQL" exit 1 else echo $"An old version of the database format was found." echo $"You need to dump and reload before using PostgreSQL $PGMAJORVERSION." echo $"See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/$PGMAJORVERSION/static/upgrading.html" exit 1 fi else # No existing PGDATA! Warn the user to initdb it. echo $"\"$PGDATA\" is missing or empty. Use a command like" echo $" su - postgres -c \"initdb --locale en_US.UTF-8 -D '$PGDATA'\"" echo $"with relevant options, to initialize the database cluster." exit 1 fi exit 0