From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | "Scott Marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | "Kakoli Sen" <kakolis(at)cdacb(dot)ernet(dot)in>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Initdb failed in PostgreSQL 7.3.21 |
Date: | 2008-02-18 21:11:20 |
Message-ID: | 1221.1203369080@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Scott Marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Feb 18, 2008 1:44 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Why are you intent on making a fresh installation of 7.3.x anyway?
>> Seems like it'd be better to take the opportunity to move to a
>> non-obsolete release.
> Who knows? He might have a 6.5.3 server somewhere huffing away and
> he's busy installing various versions as halfway points. Just a
> guess. I had the same reaction as you. I certainly hope it's not
> being setup for new development, but sometimes I have to blow the dust
> off an old server and run old software.
Sure, he might have a good reason for it. I was just thinking that
if he'd picked that version for no particularly strong reason, it'd
likely be easier to debug this problem (if it even still exists) using
a more modern release branch. Blowing dust off our recollections about
7.3 is not such an easy thing.
regards, tom lane
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