Re: [HACKERS] initdb mkdir_p() doesn't work

Your patch has been added to the PostgreSQL unapplied patches list at:

http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgpatches

I will try to apply it within the next 48 hours.

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Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
>
> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> >
> >> Here is what I get:
> >>
> >> peter ~$ pg-install/bin/initdb pg-install/var/data
> >> ...
> >> creating directory pg-install/var/data ... initdb: failed
> >>
> >> No points for details in the error message here either.
> >>
> >> If I create pg-install/var first, then it work.
> >>
> >
> > I will check it out. I know I spent quite some time making sure this
> > worked, but I might have missed something obvious. I wonder if it is
> > platform specific?
> >
> >
>
> I don't remember why the code is the way it is. The failure appears to
> be before we ever get to mkdir_p(). I can't see any reason right now why
> we can't call mkdir_p() in all cases. The attached patch does that (and
> makes the code slightly simpler as a result). I tested it with one
> element and 2 element existant and nonexistant paths, and it appeared to
> work for all of them.
>
> cheers
>
> andrew
>

> ? .deps
> ? initdb
> Index: initdb.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql-server/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.11
> diff -c -w -r1.11 initdb.c
> *** initdb.c 17 Nov 2003 20:35:28 -0000 1.11
> --- initdb.c 23 Nov 2003 19:46:56 -0000
> ***************
> *** 797,803 ****
> mkdatadir(char *subdir)
> {
> char *path;
> - int res;
>
> path = xmalloc(strlen(pg_data) + 2 +
> (subdir == NULL ? 0 : strlen(subdir)));
> --- 797,802 ----
> ***************
> *** 807,819 ****
> else
> strcpy(path, pg_data);
>
> ! res = mkdir(path, 0700);
> ! if (res == 0)
> ! return true;
> ! else if (subdir == NULL || errno != ENOENT)
> ! return false;
> ! else
> ! return !mkdir_p(path, 0700);
> }
>
>
> --- 806,812 ----
> else
> strcpy(path, pg_data);
>
> ! return (mkdir_p(path, 0700) == 0);
> }
>
>

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