"Markus Wollny" <Markus(dot)Wollny(at)computec(dot)de> writes:
> I've just tried to initdb a fresh install of PostgreSQL 8.3.2 on Debian
> Etch (testing). My configure settings were
> ./configure --prefix=/opt/pgsql --datadir=/var/lib/pgsql/data/base
> --enable-locale --with-perl --enable-odbc --with-java
I don't think --datadir means what you think (hint: its normal value for
that --prefix would be /opt/pgsql/share). Leave that switch out.
regards, tom lane