On Jun1, 2011, at 20:28 , Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Well, initdb still succeeds if you give it an invalid locale name. It
> warns, but that can easily be missed if initdb is hidden behind a few
> other layers. If you then run pg_upgrade, you get a hosed instance.
Whats the rational behind that behaviour? Wouldn't it be more user-friendly
if initdb failed outright? It'd also be consistent with CREATE DATABASE...
template1=# create database test lc_collate 'invalid' ;
ERROR: invalid locale name invalid
best regards,
Florian Pflug
