> What it probably means is that this:
>
> svc:/application/database/postgresql_83:default_64bit
>
> is pointing at a different instance of Postgres than this:
>
> pg_ctl -D /var/lib/pgsql/data -l postmaster.log start
indeed.
# svcprop svc:/application/database/postgresql_83:default_64bit | grep data
/var/postgres/8.3/data_64
so, yeah, wrong place entirely. god knows what mess you have now.
# svcprop svc:/application/database/postgresql:version_81 | grep data
postgresql/data astring /var/lib/pgsql/data
hmmmmm.