Re: postgresql-8.0.0-beta5-en.msi -- does not install - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Magnus Hagander
Subject Re: postgresql-8.0.0-beta5-en.msi -- does not install
Date
Msg-id 6BCB9D8A16AC4241919521715F4D8BCE476243@algol.sollentuna.se
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In response to postgresql-8.0.0-beta5-en.msi -- does not install  (Hans Werner Borchers <borchers@decrc.abb.de>)
List pgsql-bugs
> Dear POSTGRESQL developers,
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> I would like to test the new PostgreSQL version, but was not=20
> able to start
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>      postgresql-8.0.0-beta5-en.zip
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> i.e., the Windows Installer stopped without saying anything.
> That happen under Windows 2000 _and_ under Windows XP. The=20
> same happened with older Beta-Versions, I had to go back to
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>      postgresql-8.0-beta2-dev2.zip
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> to download a version that installed. But I do not want to=20
> test older versions -- can you help me?

Please check your eventlog and see if it says anything when you try the
install. If it doesn't, try enabling logging from Windows Installer by
running:
msiexec /l*v logfile.txt /i postgresql-8.0.0-beta5-en.msi

and then check the contents of logfile.txt.


//Magnus

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