Re: BUG #7628: Installation of PostgreSQL 9.2.1 on Windows 7 may take too long

Thanks George. I have fixed the typo in initcluster.vbs on all affected
branches.

On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 4:24 PM, <gtsal(at)intracom(dot)gr> wrote:

> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference: 7628
> Logged by: George Tsaloukidis
> Email address: gtsal(at)intracom(dot)gr
> PostgreSQL version: 9.2.1
> Operating system: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, SP 1
> Description:
>
> Dear All,
>
> I downloaded setup file postgresql-9.2.1-1-windows-x64.exe
> from your web site, and tried to install PostgreSQL on my machine.
> Before finishing, one-click installer displayed the message
> “initializing the database cluster” and stayed there for hours.
>
> Using perfmon.exe tool I found that there was a lot of disk activity
> and that program icacls.exe were accessing a lot of files contained
> in some personal folders. Selected installation directory was
> “C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.2”.
>
> Search on the web revealed that installer uses icacls.exe to change access
> permissions on installation directory. However in my case, files accessed
> by icacls.exe had nothing to do with installation directory.
>
> The next step was to check file
> “C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.2\installer\server\initcluster.vbs”.
> That script calls icacls.exe for all folders consisting
> installation directory except for “C:\” and “C:\Program Files”
> (if they are part of installation directory). Unfortunately,
> instead of accessing %SYSTEMDRIVE% environment variable, script tries
> to get the value of %SYSTEMDRIVER%, which does not exist.
> So system’s root directory is not really excluded and if it contains
> a lot of file (as mine), the installation may need some hours.
>
> To check it, I defined a new environment variable
> (SYSTEMDRIVER=%SYSTEMDRIVE%)
> and ran the setup program again. This time installation finished within a
> couple of minutes.
>
> Best Regards,
> George.
>
>
>
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