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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: initdb failure with Postgres 8.4.4
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Msg-id 11046.1291924575@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to initdb failure with Postgres 8.4.4  ("BRUSSER Michael" <Michael.BRUSSER@3ds.com>)
Responses Re: initdb failure with Postgres 8.4.4  ("BRUSSER Michael" <Michael.BRUSSER@3ds.com>)
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"BRUSSER Michael" <Michael.BRUSSER@3ds.com> writes:
> Initdb fails for me when host machine has no access to the Postgres build location.

> LOG:  could not open directory .../install/share/timezone": No such file or directory

Moving the install tree works for me.  Did you do something odd with the
--with-system-tzdata configuration option?
        regards, tom lane

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