initdb Error: 'oid8' - Mailing list pgsql-general

From mjp@ornl.gov
Subject initdb Error: 'oid8'
Date
Msg-id 20000830192126.A9994@grail.lsd.ornl.gov
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Responses Re: initdb Error: 'oid8'  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
List pgsql-general
Hello,

Does anyone know what the unknow error type 'oid8' generated
by initdb means (v7.0 under linux)?

postgres@mbspc:~ > /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
This database system will be initialized with username "postgres".
This user will own all the data files and must also own the server process.

Fixing permissions on pre-existing data directory /usr/local/pgsql/data
Creating database system directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/base
Creating database XLOG directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_xlog
Creating template database in /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/template1
ERROR:  Error: unknown type 'oid8'.

ERROR:  Error: unknown type 'oid8'.

Creating global relations in /usr/local/pgsql/data/base
cp: /usr/lib/pgsql/lib/postmaster.opts.default.sample: No such file or directory

initdb failed.
Removing /usr/local/pgsql/data.
Removing temp file /tmp/initdb.5458.
postgres@mbspc:~ >


Thanks,
Morey Parang
ORNL

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