unwritable /tmp causes initdb to crash - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From John Scott
Subject unwritable /tmp causes initdb to crash
Date
Msg-id 20010514081625.37826.qmail@web10002.mail.yahoo.com
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List pgsql-sql
this is a goofy situtation. 
we had a new linux 2.4.4 kernel with a /tmp not writable by
postgres.  granted, this is categorically hosed, but initdb still dumped core
under these circumstances.  changing the /tmp to writable 
immediately fixed the problem.

-j

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John Scott
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August Associates
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