Re: FW: getting a crash during initdb

Merlin Moncure wrote:
> > I have no idea what caused the pg_depend stuff to crash.
>
> The AV is in postgres.exe following the first SQL call in
> setup_depend(). The problem is not in initdb (it hasn't changed) but
> something in the backend. Changing the SQL statement made no
> difference: I'd venture a guess that postgres.exe crashes when *any*
> statement is sent to it. About 20 files have changed since my last
> initdb; I have a list. Forced initdb + initdb crash = nasty bug, even
> if it's just the cvs version (specific only to windows?).
>
> I'll check why the rmdir command is not working as expected.

I just poked around and couldn't figure out the cause. Initdb should
either remove the directory if it created it, or remove everything _in_
the directory if the directory already existed. I tried the rmdir/del
/s /q commands in a CMD window and it worked fine.

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