Thread: FW: problems with installing postgres
Forwarding to the mailing list, as I don't know how to fix it.... ------ Forwarded Message From: Henning Klein <kleinh@rz.uni-potsdam.de> Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 22:09:08 +0200 To: awitney@sghms.ac.uk Subject: problems with installing postgres hi, i have major problems installing pgsql on a mac using mac os x 10.2.8. everytime i try to start initdb after finishing my installation the mac says: 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 de_DE. fixing permissions on existing directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/... ok creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data//base... ok creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data//global... ok creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data//pg_xlog... ok creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data//pg_clog... ok selecting default max_connections... 50 selecting default shared_buffers... 300 creating configuration files... ok creating template1 database in /usr/local/pgsql/data//base/1... FATAL: invalid value for parameter "lc_time": "de_DE" initdb: failed the postgre documentation does not give any answer how to initialize a database without localization. do you have an idea, how to fix my problem? regards henning klein -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
Adam Witney wrote: > Forwarding to the mailing list, as I don't know how to fix it.... > > ------ Forwarded Message > From: Henning Klein <kleinh@rz.uni-potsdam.de> > i have major problems installing pgsql on a mac using mac os x 10.2.8. > everytime i try to start initdb after finishing my installation the mac > says: ... > The database cluster will be initialized with locale de_DE. ... > creating template1 database in /usr/local/pgsql/data//base/1... FATAL: > invalid value for parameter "lc_time": "de_DE" > Well, you can run initdb with different locales: initdb --locale=C Or, you could just override the invalid time locale: initdb --lc-time=<CORRECT ZONE HERE> Now, why de_DE isn't valid, I don't know. Try the output of "locale" from the command-prompt and see what that says about it. -- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd
Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com> writes:
> Now, why de_DE isn't valid, I don't know.
We've seen reports of this kind before --- it appears that the locale
support in OS X 10.2.* is rather incomplete. I don't recall having
heard any similar reports concerning 10.3 though, so maybe the best
answer is an upgrade to Panther. (In the meantime though, you can
work around it as Richard suggests.)
regards, tom lane
OK, Richard's tip works, i do not really know why - it is not the first time i installed postgresql on macos x, so i believe apples locales support on the system is not really good. thanks for all of you helping me. regards henning Am Mittwoch, 23.06.04 um 12:27 Uhr schrieb Richard Huxton: > Adam Witney wrote: >> Forwarding to the mailing list, as I don't know how to fix it.... >> ------ Forwarded Message >> From: Henning Klein <kleinh@rz.uni-potsdam.de> > >> i have major problems installing pgsql on a mac using mac os x 10.2.8. >> everytime i try to start initdb after finishing my installation the >> mac >> says: > ... >> The database cluster will be initialized with locale de_DE. > ... >> creating template1 database in /usr/local/pgsql/data//base/1... FATAL: >> invalid value for parameter "lc_time": "de_DE" > > Well, you can run initdb with different locales: > initdb --locale=C > Or, you could just override the invalid time locale: > initdb --lc-time=<CORRECT ZONE HERE> > > Now, why de_DE isn't valid, I don't know. Try the output of "locale" > from the command-prompt and see what that says about it. > > -- > Richard Huxton > Archonet Ltd >