Re: BUG #5267: initdb fails on AIX: could not identify current directory - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Michael Felt
Subject Re: BUG #5267: initdb fails on AIX: could not identify current directory
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Msg-id 9ade2d511001070641m4d7b1d8ew40e6e2ae19340f8d@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: BUG #5267: initdb fails on AIX: could not identify current directory  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: BUG #5267: initdb fails on AIX: could not identify current directory
Re: BUG #5267: initdb fails on AIX: could not identify current directory
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Well, there is an argument that a system call is using to get somewhere?
Even if it is a number, it is something. I could do an ncheck or whatever to
at least find what it is calling.

As I am not at all familiar with the code - just give me source to debug,
and I'll work from that.

On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

> Michael Felt <mamfelt@gmail.com> writes:
> > I suppose I could turn on audit and see if it is trying to access a hard
> > coded directory. But, in any case, I would update the error message to at
> > least mention the directory name it is having issues with.
>
> Well, the problem is what to print?  The failure we are trying to report
> is exactly that we *can't get* the name of the directory.
>
>                        regards, tom lane
>

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