Thread: initdb failing on a WARN:heap_modifytuple error

initdb failing on a WARN:heap_modifytuple error

From
The Hermit Hacker
Date:
Hi all,

Here is a transcript of what happened when I tried to run initdb on my
system.  My system is Linux 2.0.32 Redhat 5.0 and I was installing Postgres
6.3.2

I can't find any documentation on this particular error.  Thanks!

-Fran

postgres:src$ initdb
initdb: using /usr/local/pgsql/lib/local1_template1.bki.source as input to
creat
e the template database.
initdb: using /usr/local/pgsql/lib/global1.bki.source as input to create
the glo
bal classes.
initdb: using /usr/local/pgsql/lib/pg_hba.conf.sample as the host-based
authenti
cation control file.

We are initializing the database system with username postgres (uid=100).
This user will own all the files and must also own the server process.

initdb: creating template database in /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/template1
Running: postgres -boot -C -F -D/usr/local/pgsql/data -Q template1
WARN:heap_modifytuple: repl is \ -9
initdb: could not create template database
initdb: cleaning up by wiping out /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/template1
postgres:src


Re: [ADMIN] initdb failing on a WARN:heap_modifytuple error

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
You have old binaries inthe path.

This is on the web site FAQ, but not in the 6.3.2 FAQ, because it wasn't
an FAQ at that time.

>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Here is a transcript of what happened when I tried to run initdb on my
> system.  My system is Linux 2.0.32 Redhat 5.0 and I was installing Postgres
> 6.3.2
>
> I can't find any documentation on this particular error.  Thanks!
>
> -Fran
>
> postgres:src$ initdb
> initdb: using /usr/local/pgsql/lib/local1_template1.bki.source as input to
> creat
> e the template database.
> initdb: using /usr/local/pgsql/lib/global1.bki.source as input to create
> the glo
> bal classes.
> initdb: using /usr/local/pgsql/lib/pg_hba.conf.sample as the host-based
> authenti
> cation control file.
>
> We are initializing the database system with username postgres (uid=100).
> This user will own all the files and must also own the server process.
>
> initdb: creating template database in /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/template1
> Running: postgres -boot -C -F -D/usr/local/pgsql/data -Q template1
> WARN:heap_modifytuple: repl is \ -9
> initdb: could not create template database
> initdb: cleaning up by wiping out /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/template1
> postgres:src
>
>
>


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