Re: initdb and postgres both no longer work... - Mailing list pgsql-cygwin

tsfu@graduate.hku.hk schrieb:
> initdb now works.
> Does it mean that we should use cygserver with CYGWIN=server and forget about
> ipc-daemon2 from now on.

BTW:
/usr/share/doc/postgresql-7.4.3/FAQ_MSWIN
still has the wrong docs, talking about ipc-daemon2.
This should be fixed upstream, and in the CYGWIN-PATCH if not.

Attached is the doc patch, which talks about cygserver, replacing
ipc-daemon2, points to /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/postgresql-<VERSION>.README
to avoid duplication, and uses the new default paths
/usr/share/postgresql replacing /var/postgresql/data,
and points to /var/log/postmaster.log

I didn't say anything about locale issues yet, which also changed.
(new --enable-multibyte)
--
Reini Urban
http://xarch.tu-graz.ac.at/home/rurban/
--- /usr/share/doc/postgresql-7.4.3/FAQ_MSWIN.orig    2004-06-17 13:02:43.001000000 +0100
+++ /usr/share/doc/postgresql-7.4.3/FAQ_MSWIN    2004-08-23 12:05:44.528857400 +0100
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 How to install PostgreSQL on Windows
 ====================================

-$Date: 2004/03/05 19:57:20 $
+$Date: 2004-08-23 12:59:17 $

 PostgreSQL requires the appropriate subset of Cygwin DLLs to be
 installed in order that it functions under Windows.
+Recent PostgreSQL releases require at least CYGWIN v1.5
+with cygserver support, replacing ipc-daemon2.

 This document assumes that you do not have Cygwin already installed
 on your system.  If that is not the case, then you will need to
@@ -26,37 +28,45 @@
     Cygwin.

 3.  Once the download and install process is complete, open a Cygwin
-    shell and do the following for a basic installation:
+    shell and do the basic cygwin installation:

-    3a.  Start ipc-daemon2 for shared memory support.  To do this,
-         enter the command "ipc-daemon2 &".  This program
-         needs to be running anytime you start the PostgreSQL server
-         (postmaster) or initialize a database (initdb).
+    Read the cygwin specific installation instruction. There is
+    described how to start the cygserver daemon, initialize the
+    database, and start the postmaster daemon.

-    3b.  Use the initdb command to create a new database cluster.  An
-         example command would be:
+    less /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/postgresql-<VERSION>.README

-            initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -W -E LATIN1
+    In short:

-         Which will create a cluster in the /usr/local/pgsql/data
-         directory, will prompt for a superuser password and will
-         set the default database encoding to LATIN1.
+    3a. Install and configure cygserver. The CYGWIN variable
+        must contain "server".

-    3c.  Start up the postmaster.  Use a command similar to the
-         following:
+        $ cygserver-config

-            postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
+    3b. Start cygserver:

-         This will start the postmaster, and if successful you will
-         see some initial log entries, and an entry "LOG: database
-         system is ready".
+        $ cygserver &
+
+    3c. Initialize PostgreSQL:
+
+        $ initdb -D /usr/share/postgresql/data
+
+    3d. Start the PostgreSQL postmaster:
+
+        $ postmaster -D /usr/share/postgresql/data &
+
+    3e. Connect to PostgreSQL:
+
+        $ psql template1
+
+    3f. Examine /var/log/postmaster.log

 4.  You are now running a PostgreSQL server on your Windows machine.

-5.  It is possible to install ipc-daemon2 and the postmaster as
+5.  It is possible to install cygserver and the postmaster as
     Windows NT services.  For information on how to do this, please
-    refer to the README document included with Cygwin PostgreSQL.  It
-    is installed in the /usr/share/doc/Cygwin directory.
+    refer to the same README document included with Cygwin PostgreSQL.
+    It is installed in the /usr/share/doc/Cygwin directory.

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