"Mickey" <mickey@mcnjeni.com> writes:
> I'm following some step-by-step instructions from Lyris.com on installing
> postgres 7.2.3, and at step 6, which is this:
> Initialize the data directory:
> initdb --lc-collate=C
> I get this:
> bash-2.05$ initdb --lc-collate=C
> initdb: invalid option: --lc-collate=C
IIRC, locale support was optional in 7.2. You probably built without it.
If you don't want it, leave out the lc_collate option; else go back and
rebuild.
regards, tom lane