Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add function to import operating system collations

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Add function to import operating system collations

BTW, hamster's been failing since this went in:

running bootstrap script ... ok
performing post-bootstrap initialization ... 2017-01-19 03:17:38.748 JST [14656] FATAL: no usable system locales were found
2017-01-19 03:17:38.748 JST [14656] STATEMENT: SELECT pg_import_system_collations(if_not_exists => false, schema => 'pg_catalog');

child process exited with exit code 1

Looking at older reports, I see that it didn't find any system locales
then either, but we did not treat it as a hard error:

running bootstrap script ... ok
performing post-bootstrap initialization ... No usable system locales were found.
Use the option "--debug" to see details.
ok
syncing data to disk ... ok

I have to question the decision to make "no locales" a hard error.
What's the point of that? In fact, should we even be bothering with
a warning, considering how often initdb runs unattended these days?

regards, tom lane