The following bug has been logged online:
Bug reference: 1549
Logged by: Daniel van Eeden
Email address: daniel_e(at)dds(dot)nl
PostgreSQL version: 8.0.1
Operating system: Debian GNU/Linux for SPARC (sarge)
Description: initdb doesn't work
Details:
creating template1 database in /opt/postgresql/data/base/1 ... FATAL:
semctl(10977333, 16, SETVAL, 536) failed: Invalid argument
child process exited with exit code 1
initdb: removing data directory "/opt/postgresql/data"
Postgresql is compiled from the official sources in 64-bit mode.