Re: initdb failure (was Re: [GENERAL] sequence's plpgsql)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Tim McAuley <mcauleyt(at)tcd(dot)ie>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: initdb failure (was Re: [GENERAL] sequence's plpgsql)
Date: 2003-09-26 19:05:58
Message-ID: 25892.1064603158@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> Yeah, I was wondering whether you wouldn't propose dropping the newline
>> consistency check. I'm not very comfortable with that, but maybe we
>> should. Bruce?

> I don't mind if we keep it on pure-POSIX platforms. But one of the nicer
> developments on Windows in recent(?) times is that you can actually use
> any kind of line separator and most programs still work correctly (with
> the notable exception of Notepad).

Not sure if we should make the behavior Windows-specific though. And
didn't Michael report seeing the same initdb failure on Debian? That
confuses me a bit --- why would there be a newline discrepancy on Debian?

regards, tom lane

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