INITDB error

Hello all,

I just compiled and installed PostgreSQL 7.4 on a cygwin/WinXP platform. When
I try to run the initdb command, I get the results below. Has anyone had a
similar problem, and/or does anyone know what I should do to get around this?

Thanks,
Mike.

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$ initdb -D /usr/share/postgresql/data
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 /usr/share/postgresql/data... ok
creating directory /usr/share/postgresql/data/base... ok creating
directory /usr/share/postgresql/data/global... ok creating
directory /usr/share/postgresql/data/pg_xlog... ok creating
directory /usr/share/postgresql/data/pg_clog... ok selecting default
max_connections... 100 selecting default shared_buffers... 1000 creating
configuration files... ok creating template1 database
in /usr/share/postgresql/data/base/1... ok initializing pg_shadow... ok
enabling unlimited row size for system tables... ok initializing pg_depend...
ok creating system views... ok loading pg_description... ERROR: end-of-copy
marker does not match previous newline style
CONTEXT: COPY tmp_pg_description, line 1542: ""

initdb: failed

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