"Dave Page" <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> writes:
> If the endianess isn't corrected for the non-native platform at build
> time, I've seen initdb leave a cluster with a completely broken
> pg_rewrite (iirc).
Hmm, but is pg_rewrite really the most obvious symptom? In 8.3 I would
expect massive breakage all over, because of the varvarlena stuff's
sensitivity to endianness.
regards, tom lane