Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> If a relative path is used for the -L option in initdb, the following fatal
> error happens:
7.4 fails in the same way, and probably every prior release too.
The problem is that the backend has done a chdir into the template1
subdirectory, so paths that are relative from your perspective
no longer apply.
It might be worth absolut-izing this path in initdb before it's
passed down, but I can't get exceedingly excited about it.
regards, tom lane