Thread: BUG #1990: Installer bug fails to make C:\program files..global

The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference:      1990
Logged by:          Gregory Bronner
Email address:      gbronner@alumni.princeton.edu
PostgreSQL version: 8.0.4
Operating system:   Win2k professional
Description:        Installer bug fails to make C:\program files..global
Details:

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 C:/Program
Files/PostgreSQL/8.0/data ... ok
creating directory C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/8.0/data/global ... initdb:
could not create directory "C:/Program Files": File exists
initdb: removing contents of data directory "C:/Program
Files/PostgreSQL/8.0/data"


Ever seen this?

> The following bug has been logged online:
>=20
> Bug reference:      1990
> Logged by:          Gregory Bronner
> Email address:      gbronner@alumni.princeton.edu
> PostgreSQL version: 8.0.4
> Operating system:   Win2k professional
> Description:        Installer bug fails to make C:\program=20
> files..global
> Details:=20
>=20
> The files belonging to this database system will be owned by=20
> user "postgres".
> This user must also own the server process.
>=20
> The database cluster will be initialized with locale C.
>=20
> fixing permissions on existing directory C:/Program=20
> Files/PostgreSQL/8.0/data ... ok creating directory=20
> C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/8.0/data/global ... initdb:
> could not create directory "C:/Program Files": File exists
> initdb: removing contents of data directory "C:/Program=20
> Files/PostgreSQL/8.0/data"
>=20
>=20
> Ever seen this?

Do you by any chance have a directory called c:\program?

//Magnus