Re: [7.0beta3] Bug in initdb - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Marc Baudoin
Subject Re: [7.0beta3] Bug in initdb
Date
Msg-id 20000403220739.A14683@agm-ita.agm-ita.ensta.fr
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In response to Re: [7.0beta3] Bug in initdb  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> écrit :
> > Sorry but I couldn't find the bug-template file as indicated in
> > item 1.13 of the FAQ.
> >
> > I came across a minor bug in PostgreSQL 7.0beta3 on my NetBSD 1.4
> > system when running initdb (compile was smooth):
> >
> > initdb: data path must be specified as an absolute path
> >
> > It seems the ! if this test takes precedence over the pipe:
> >
> > if echo "$PGDATA" | grep -v '^/' > /dev/null 2>&1
> > then
> >     echo "$CMDNAME: data path must be specified as an absolute path"
> > fi
> >
> > This patch solves the problem:
> >
> > --- initdb.orig       Sun Apr  2 22:32:40 2000
> > +++ initdb      Sun Apr  2 22:28:21 2000
> > @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
> >  # The data path must be absolute, because the backend doesn't like
> >  # '.' and '..' stuff. (Should perhaps be fixed there.)
> >
> > -if ! echo "$PGDATA" | grep '^/' > /dev/null 2>&1
> > +if echo "$PGDATA" | grep -v '^/' > /dev/null 2>&1
> >  then
> >      echo "$CMDNAME: data path must be specified as an absolute path"
> >  fi
>
> Well the good news is it seems someone else fixed it.  Can you try 7.0
> current and see if that is better.  Thanks.

I didn't try to compile it on my poor old 486 but the code
for initdb.sh seems OK now.

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