Thread: BUG #1151: Initdb fails ...
The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 1151 Logged by: laurent faillie Email address: l_faillie@yahoo.com PostgreSQL version: 7.4 Operating system: HP-UX 11.00 Description: Initdb fails ... Details: Hi all, I'm trying to upgrade my 7.3.4 database to the lasted 7.4.2 on my HP-UX 11.00 box. I remove the old database and try an initdb to initialise the new one. Unfortunatly, it fails w/ following message : initdb -D $PGDATA The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user "postgres". This user must also own the server process. The database cluster will be initialized with locale C. fixing permissions on existing directory /pg_database/database... ok creating directory /pg_database/database/base... ok creating directory /pg_database/database/global... ok creating directory /pg_database/database/pg_xlog... ok creating directory /pg_database/database/pg_clog... ok selecting default max_connections... 100 selecting default shared_buffers... 1000 creating configuration files... ok creating template1 database in /pg_database/database/base/1... ok initializing pg_shadow... ok enabling unlimited row size for system tables... ok initializing pg_depend... ok creating system views... ERROR: did not find '}' at end of input node initdb: failed I think this problem is related to HP-UX 11.00 because I test my upgrade procedure on an HP-UX 10.20 box, same database, same source and same destination version w/o any trouble. I use HP's buddle for GCC 2.95.3. Any help very welcome. Regards, Laurent PS: the version list on the web form for bug reporting is not up to date.
"PostgreSQL Bugs List" <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org> writes:
> creating template1 database in /pg_database/database/base/1... ok
> initializing pg_shadow... ok
> enabling unlimited row size for system tables... ok
> initializing pg_depend... ok
> creating system views... ERROR: did not find '}' at end of input node
Hmm. This would seem to indicate a mismatch between the nodeToString
and stringToNode routines (outfuncs.c and readfuncs.c), which is
something we don't normally see unless someone's messed up their build.
Try a full recompile.
You're not using that infamous CONNECT BY patch, are you?
> I think this problem is related to HP-UX 11.00 because I test my upgrade
> procedure on an HP-UX 10.20 box, same database, same source and same
> destination version w/o any trouble.
FWIW, I've tested recently on HPUX 11.11 and 11.23, without seeing any
such problems. And we're definitely not broken on 10.20 because I still
use 10.20 on my main development machine. But my bet is that this isn't
an OS issue at all.
regards, tom lane
--- Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> a écrit : > > creating system views... ERROR: did not find '}' > at end of input node > > Hmm. This would seem to indicate a mismatch between > the nodeToString > and stringToNode routines (outfuncs.c and > readfuncs.c), which is > something we don't normally see unless someone's > messed up their build. > Try a full recompile. Ok, recompilation in progress ... slowly, due to my E35 busy server :-( > You're not using that infamous CONNECT BY patch, are > you? No only the basic archive from postgres' site ... To be continued ... Bye Laurent ===== The misspelling master is on the Web. _________ 100 % Dictionnary Free ! / /(/ Dico / / Pleins d'autres fautessur /________/ / http://go.to/destroyedlolo (#######( / http://destroyedlolo.homeunix.org:8080 Quoi, des fautes d'orthographe! Pas possible ;-D. Yahoo! Mail : votre e-mail personnel et gratuit qui vous suit partout ! Créez votre Yahoo! Mail sur http://fr.benefits.yahoo.com/ Dialoguez en direct avec vos amis grâce à Yahoo! Messenger !Téléchargez Yahoo! Messenger sur http://fr.messenger.yahoo.com
Hi Tom, > --- Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> a écrit : > > > > creating system views... ERROR: did not find > '}' > > at end of input node > > > > Hmm. This would seem to indicate a mismatch > between > > the nodeToString > > and stringToNode routines (outfuncs.c and > > readfuncs.c), which is > > something we don't normally see unless someone's > > messed up their build. > > Try a full recompile. I do a full recompile (I have removed the directory and restart from the tarball) => Same result :-( I got the same error from initdb. I use the following line to configure. ./configure CFLAGS='-mpa-risc-1-1' I'll do another try w/o the architecture flag (in case of bug in GCC) but no result expected till tomorrow. Have you any clue ? Thanks Laurent ===== The misspelling master is on the Web. _________ 100 % Dictionnary Free ! / /(/ Dico / / Pleins d'autres fautessur /________/ / http://go.to/destroyedlolo (#######( / http://destroyedlolo.homeunix.org:8080 Quoi, des fautes d'orthographe! Pas possible ;-D. Yahoo! Mail : votre e-mail personnel et gratuit qui vous suit partout ! Créez votre Yahoo! Mail sur http://fr.benefits.yahoo.com/ Dialoguez en direct avec vos amis grâce à Yahoo! Messenger !Téléchargez Yahoo! Messenger sur http://fr.messenger.yahoo.com
Laurent FAILLIE <l_faillie@yahoo.com> writes:
> I do a full recompile (I have removed the directory
> and restart from the tarball) => Same result :-(
> I got the same error from initdb.
Hm. It's starting to sound like an actual bug --- though whether it's
in HPUX 11.00, gcc, or Postgres is difficult to guess. The Postgres
code is certainly known to work on many platforms, but it could have
an unsuspected platform dependency that only shows up here.
One thing I'd ask is whether you are up-to-date on libc patches for your
HPUX installation. It's plausible that this could be the result of
buggy libc code (such as strtol or related routines). And my
recollection is that 11.00 was about as bulletproof as you'd expect for
a dot-zero release :-(
If no joy there, the only thing I can suggest is to rebuild with
--enable-debug (if you didn't already) and start digging into it with
gdb. If that sounds a bit out of your league, I'd be willing to do it
if you can give me ssh access to the machine. (I don't need root,
an unprivileged user account is enough.)
regards, tom lane
--- Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> a écrit : > > Hm. It's starting to sound like an actual bug --- > though whether it's > in HPUX 11.00, gcc, or Postgres is difficult to > guess. Arg :-( > The Postgres > code is certainly known to work on many platforms, > but it could have > an unsuspected platform dependency that only shows > up here. Sure. > One thing I'd ask is whether you are up-to-date on > libc patches for your > HPUX installation. It's plausible that this could > be the result of > buggy libc code (such as strtol or related > routines). I'll check this point. > And my > recollection is that 11.00 was about as bulletproof > as you'd expect for > a dot-zero release :-( Unfortunatly, this machine is too old and leak of disk space to upgrade it to 11i (Cost reduction rulez ! :-((( ). > If no joy there, the only thing I can suggest is to > rebuild with > --enable-debug (if you didn't already) and start > digging into it with > gdb. If that sounds a bit out of your league, I'd > be willing to do it > if you can give me ssh access to the machine. (I > don't need root, > an unprivileged user account is enough.) Unfortunatly, it's not possible as this machine is behind our companie firewall. I'll let you know. Regards, Laurent ===== The misspelling master is on the Web. _________ 100 % Dictionnary Free ! / /(/ Dico / / Pleins d'autres fautessur /________/ / http://go.to/destroyedlolo (#######( / http://destroyedlolo.homeunix.org:8080 Quoi, des fautes d'orthographe! Pas possible ;-D. Yahoo! Mail : votre e-mail personnel et gratuit qui vous suit partout ! Créez votre Yahoo! Mail sur http://fr.benefits.yahoo.com/ Dialoguez en direct avec vos amis grâce à Yahoo! Messenger !Téléchargez Yahoo! Messenger sur http://fr.messenger.yahoo.com
Hi Tom, surprisely, it seems its ... a GCC bug ! I redo my building w/o -mpa-risc-1-1 and now it succeed ! It's realy strange for me as it's the GCC shiped by HP ! I'll run regression test to check if the version compiled w/o this flag is robust but, anyway, it's quite strange ... Bye Laurent ===== The misspelling master is on the Web. _________ 100 % Dictionnary Free ! / /(/ Dico / / Pleins d'autres fautessur /________/ / http://go.to/destroyedlolo (#######( / http://destroyedlolo.homeunix.org:8080 Quoi, des fautes d'orthographe! Pas possible ;-D. Yahoo! Mail : votre e-mail personnel et gratuit qui vous suit partout ! Créez votre Yahoo! Mail sur http://fr.benefits.yahoo.com/ Dialoguez en direct avec vos amis grâce à Yahoo! Messenger !Téléchargez Yahoo! Messenger sur http://fr.messenger.yahoo.com