Re: initdb failed: invalid value for parameter "lc_messages": "1033" - Mailing list pgsql-cygwin

From Jason Tishler
Subject Re: initdb failed: invalid value for parameter "lc_messages": "1033"
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Msg-id 20040729201142.GC54688@tishler.net
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In response to initdb failed: invalid value for parameter "lc_messages": "1033"  (Ann Saust Rossi <saust@acrx.com>)
List pgsql-cygwin
Ann,

On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 02:39:21PM -0400, Ann Saust Rossi wrote:
> But can somebody tell me how to fix this, i.e. change the locale to
> "C"?

The current README indicates the following:

    2. Cygwin PostgreSQL only supports the "C" locale because Cygwin
    itself does not fully support locales.  This implies the LANG
    environment variable must be unset or set to "C".  Otherwise, initdb
    will fail.

Jason

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