Re: initdb "Fails to initialize lc_time" (using 7.3.1)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Drew Wilson <amw(at)speakeasy(dot)net>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: initdb "Fails to initialize lc_time" (using 7.3.1)
Date: 2002-08-10 05:06:57
Message-ID: 21006.1028956017@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Think about it this way: If I'm the admin and a customer tells me to
> install a database for him in Greek, which localization would I want for
> responses from initdb?

I see your point, but I'd *definitely* want initdb to tell me about it
if there were any problems with the locale name I'd entered. As it
stands, initdb goes out of its way to make sure that I won't know.
That's not an improvement ...

regards, tom lane

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