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postgres error on debian woody

From
Marco Giardini
Date:
after having upgraded my linux debia woody release to all the new
packagesm postgresql does not run anymore.
The error i get is:

Starting PostgreSQL postmaster.
shift: can't shift that many

Please help me.
thanks

dr. ing. marco giardini
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Re: postgres error on debian woody

From
Tom Lane
Date:
Marco Giardini <marco@tecnogi.com> writes:
> after having upgraded my linux debia woody release to all the new
> packagesm postgresql does not run anymore.
> The error i get is:

> Starting PostgreSQL postmaster.
> shift: can't shift that many

This looks like it must be an error in the shell script that is supposed
to invoke Postgres.  Since that's not our code, we can't help you.
Check with the Debian packagers.

            regards, tom lane

Re: postgres error on debian woody

From
Federico Di Gregorio
Date:
Il mer, 2002-01-16 alle 18:34, Marco Giardini ha scritto:
> after having upgraded my linux debia woody release to all the new
> packagesm postgresql does not run anymore.
> The error i get is:
>=20
> Starting PostgreSQL postmaster.
> shift: can't shift that many

this bited me too. why don't you use the Debian Bug Tracking
(http://bugs.debian.org/) system to report distribution-specific bugs?=20

ciao,
federico
=20
--=20
Federico Di Gregorio
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