Re: BUG #8139: initdb: Misleading error message when current user not in /etc/passwd - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

Bruce Momjian wrote:

>           return STATUS_ERROR;
>       }
>
> !     user_name = get_user_name(&errstr);
> !     if (!user_name)
>       {
> !         ereport(LOG, (errmsg("%s\n", errstr)));
> !         pfree(errstr);
>           return STATUS_ERROR;
>       }

The message is already translated by get_user_name, so I think this
should use errmsg_internal() instead of errmsg().  Also, why do you add
a newline?

Not clear whether the new file should be in src/port or src/common.

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