BUG #5148: Email to pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org bounces: - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference:      5148
Logged by:          Jonathan Hayward
Email address:      jonathan.hayward@pobox.com
PostgreSQL version: 8.1.x
Operating system:   Gentoo
Description:        Email to pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org bounces:
Details:

I sent the following email:

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Subject: Can't create database on 8.1.x
From: Jonathan Hayward <christos.jonathan.hayward@gmail.com>
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I am trying to populate a database from a fresh install under Gentoo. There
had been an earlier database, and to get a clean slate I wiped
/var/lib/postgresql, then ran:

# emerge postgresql --config
# /etc/init.d/postgresql start
# rc-update add postgresql default

So far, so good (the first command populated a new /var/lib/postgresql),
bu=
t
when I then ran,

# createdb -U postgres scope

I get:

createdb: could not connect to database postgres: FATAL:  could not open
file "global/pg_database": No such file or directory

A Google search for 'createdb: could not connect to database postgres:
FATAL:  could not open file "global/pg_database": No such file or
directory'turns up various hosts' versions of a mailing list thread
where someone
reported the error and the only reply was a Postgres consultant saying that
sounded strange and asking about $PGDATA (after which I tried setting
PGDATA=3D/var/lib/postgresql/data and got the same error). One instance of
this thread is at
http://markmail.org/message/w4vaaatfzrkmw64d#query:createdb%3A%20could%20no=

t%20connect%20to%20database%20postgres%3A%20FATAL%3A%20could%20not%20open%2=

0file%20global%2Fpg_database%3A%20No%20such%20file%20or%20directory+page:1+=

mid:p43xt7ykf3pd57xn+state:results

I want to try a different version to see if I can circumvent the problem
that way, but do you have any suggestions?

--=20
=E2=86=92 Jonathan Hayward, christos.jonathan.hayward@gmail.com
=E2=86=92 An Orthodox Christian author: theology, literature, et cetera.
=E2=86=92 My award-winning collection is available for free reading online:
=E2=98=A9 I invite you to visit my main site at http://JonathansCorner.com/

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I am trying to populate a database from a fresh install under Gentoo.
There=
 had been an earlier database, and to get a clean slate I wiped
/var/lib/po=
stgresql, then ran:<br><br># emerge postgresql --config<br>#
/etc/init.d/po=
stgresql start<br>
# rc-update add postgresql default<br><br>So far, so good (the first
comman=
d populated a new /var/lib/postgresql), but when I then ran,<br><br>#
creat=
edb -U postgres scope<br><br>I get:<br><br>createdb: could not connect to
d=
atabase postgres: FATAL:=C2=A0 could not open file "g<span
class=3D"f7=
 b0">lobal/pg<span class=3D"underscore">_</span>database": No such
fil=
e or directory</span><br clear=3D"all">
<br>A Google search for 'createdb: could not connect to database
postgr=
es: FATAL:=C2=A0 could not open file "g<span class=3D"f7
b0">lobal/pg<=
span class=3D"underscore">_</span>database": No such file or
directory=
'</span> turns up various hosts' versions of a mailing list thread
=
where someone reported the error and the only reply was a Postgres
consulta=
nt saying that sounded strange and asking about $PGDATA (after which I
trie=
d setting PGDATA=3D/var/lib/postgresql/data and got the same error). One
in=
stance of this thread is at <a
href=3D"http://markmail.org/message/w4vaaatf=
zrkmw64d#query:createdb%3A%20could%20not%20connect%20to%20database%20postgr=

es%3A%20FATAL%3A%20could%20not%20open%20file%20global%2Fpg_database%3A%20No=

%20such%20file%20or%20directory+page:1+mid:p43xt7ykf3pd57xn+state:results">=

http://markmail.org/message/w4vaaatfzrkmw64d#query:createdb%3A%20could%20no=

t%20connect%20to%20database%20postgres%3A%20FATAL%3A%20could%20not%20open%2=

0file%20global%2Fpg_database%3A%20No%20such%20file%20or%20directory+page:1+=

mid:p43xt7ykf3pd57xn+state:results</a><br>
<br>I want to try a different version to see if I can circumvent the
proble=
m that way, but do you have any suggestions?<br><br>-- <br>=E2=86=92
Jonath=
an Hayward, <a
href=3D"mailto:christos.jonathan.hayward@gmail.com">christos=
.jonathan.hayward@gmail.com</a><br>
=E2=86=92 An Orthodox Christian author: theology, literature, et
cetera.<br=
>=E2=86=92 My award-winning collection is available for free reading
online=
:<br>=E2=98=A9 I invite you to visit my main site at <a
href=3D"http://Jona=
thansCorner.com/">http://JonathansCorner.com/</a><br>


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Subject: Can't create database on 8.1.x
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I am trying to populate a database from a fresh install under Gentoo. There
had been an earlier database, and to get a clean slate I wiped
/var/lib/postgresql, then ran:

# emerge postgresql --config
# /etc/init.d/postgresql start

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