PostgreSQL ports post-installation gives core dump?

From: CD Baby <dereklist(at)cdbaby(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: PostgreSQL ports post-installation gives core dump?
Date: 2001-07-05 01:00:57
Message-ID: 4.3.2.7.2.20010704175612.00ae1460@64.71.145.18
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I just went to do my first PostgreSQL installation on OpenBSD.
Did it from /usr/ports/
I followed the instructions exactly and got a core dump!
Any clues what might fix or cause this?

Using OpenBSD 2.9. PostgreSQL 7.1
/usr/ports/databases/postgresql/"make install"

AFTER INSTALLING, I TYPED:
$ useradd -c "PostgreSQL Admin User" -g =uid -m -d /var/postgresql -s
/bin/sh postgresql
$ su - postgresql
$ mkdir /var/postgresql/data
$ initdb -D /var/postgresql/data

IT SAID:
Fixing permissions on existing directory /var/postgresql/data
Creating directory /var/postgresql/data/base
Creating directory /var/postgresql/data/global
Creating directory /var/postgresql/data/pg_xlog
Creating template1 database in /var/postgresql/data/base/1
Bad system call (core dumped) <-------- *******
initdb failed.
Removing temp file /tmp/initdb.12300.

Any clues?

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