Re: Idea: cross-check versions during initdb] - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Idea: cross-check versions during initdb]
Date
Msg-id 200010272212.SAA18177@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Idea: cross-check versions during initdb  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
List pgsql-hackers
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> > Bonus project:  find out why initdb is picking up the wrong files in the
> > first place.
> 
> User error is a sufficient explanation in the cases I've seen: wrong
> postgres executable found first in PATH, PGLIB or -L pointing to wrong
> place, etc.
> 
> The changes you've made since 7.0 may reduce the incidence of mistakes,
> but they won't eliminate them...

My guess is that the have some PostgreSQL binaries in /usr/local/bin and
pgsql/bin, and their path has one prefered over the other.

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