Re: BUG #5130: Failed to run initdb:1 - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 12:51 PM,  <flamindragon1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A05130
> Logged by:
> Email address: =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0flamindragon1@gmail.com
> PostgreSQL version: any
> Operating system: =C2=A0 Win XP Pro SP2
> Description: =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Failed to run initdb:1
> Details:
>
> here's the log of the bug
>
> The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user "SYSTEM=
".
> This user must also own the server process.
>
> The database cluster will be initialized with locale Polish_Poland.1250.
> initdb: could not find suitable text search configuration for locale
> Polish_Poland.1250
> The default text search configuration will be set to "simple".
>
> creating directory C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/8.3/data ... ok
> creating subdirectories ... ok
> selecting default max_connections ... Nie mo=C4=BEna odnale=C2=AB=E2=80=
=A0 okre=CB=9Clonego
> pliku.
> Nie mo=C4=BEna odnale=C2=AB=E2=80=A0 okre=CB=9Clonego pliku.
> Nie mo=C4=BEna odnale=C2=AB=E2=80=A0 okre=CB=9Clonego pliku.
> Nie mo=C4=BEna odnale=C2=AB=E2=80=A0 okre=CB=9Clonego pliku.
> Nie mo=C4=BEna odnale=C2=AB=E2=80=A0 okre=CB=9Clonego pliku.
> Nie mo=C4=BEna odnale=C2=AB=E2=80=A0 okre=CB=9Clonego pliku.
> 10
> selecting default shared_buffers/max_fsm_pages ... Nie mo=C4=BEna odnale=
=C2=AB=E2=80=A0
> okre=CB=9Clonego pliku.
> Nie mo=C4=BEna odnale=C2=AB=E2=80=A0 okre=CB=9Clonego pliku.
> Nie mo=C4=BEna odnale=C2=AB=E2=80=A0 okre=CB=9Clonego pliku.
> Nie mo=C4=BEna odnale=C2=AB=E2=80=A0 okre=CB=9Clonego pliku.
> Nie mo=C4=BEna odnale=C2=AB=E2=80=A0 okre=CB=9Clonego pliku.
> Nie mo=C4=BEna odnale=C2=AB=E2=80=A0 okre=CB=9Clonego pliku.
> Nie mo=C4=BEna odnale=C2=AB=E2=80=A0 okre=CB=9Clonego pliku.
> Nie mo=C4=BEna odnale=C2=AB=E2=80=A0 okre=CB=9Clonego pliku.
> Nie mo=C4=BEna odnale=C2=AB=E2=80=A0 okre=CB=9Clonego pliku.
> Nie mo=C4=BEna odnale=C2=AB=E2=80=A0 okre=CB=9Clonego pliku.
> Nie mo=C4=BEna odnale=C2=AB=E2=80=A0 okre=CB=9Clonego pliku.
> Nie mo=C4=BEna odnale=C2=AB=E2=80=A0 okre=CB=9Clonego pliku.
> Nie mo=C4=BEna odnale=C2=AB=E2=80=A0 okre=CB=9Clonego pliku.
> Nie mo=C4=BEna odnale=C2=AB=E2=80=A0 okre=CB=9Clonego pliku.
> Nie mo=C4=BEna odnale=C2=AB=E2=80=A0 okre=CB=9Clonego pliku.
> Nie mo=C4=BEna odnale=C2=AB=E2=80=A0 okre=CB=9Clonego pliku.
> Nie mo=C4=BEna odnale=C2=AB=E2=80=A0 okre=CB=9Clonego pliku.
> 400kB/20000
> creating configuration files ... ok
> creating template1 database in C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/8.3/data/base/1
> ... ok
> initializing pg_authid ... Nie mo=C4=BEna odnale=C2=AB=E2=80=A0 okre=CB=
=9Clonego pliku.
> child process exited with exit code 1
> initdb: removing data directory "C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/8.3/data"
>
> Nie mo=C4=BEna odnale=C2=AB=E2=80=A0 okre=CB=9Clonego pliku. =3D unable t=
o find the file

What's interesting to me is that I can't find that string anywhere in
the PostgreSQL 8.3 sources.  I think this must be an operating system
error message.  It looks like initdb is trying to invoke the postgres
executable as a standalone backend, and failing.  There is some code
in initdb.c's main() routine which appears to be intended to prevent
this from happening, or at least throw a less cryptic error message,
but it's evidently not working for you for some reason.  I speculate
that this might be some kind of funky permissions issue, but I am not
a Windows expert...

...Robert