Re: Ungooglable error message when running initdb: Symbol not found: _check_encoding_conversion_args

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> August Lilleaas <augustlilleaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > I'm configuring with `./configure
> > --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/8.4.0`, without sudo. I hawe
> chowned
> > /usr/local so that I don't need to sudo it. I'm getting the following
> error
> > when running `initdb` after successfully compiling postgresql
>
> > Symbol not found: _check_encoding_conversion_args
>
> Is it possible the 'postgres' you're invoking is not 8.4.0 but something
> a bit older? That function was added to the backend relatively
> recently.
>

There is no other postgresql on my system, so that can't be it.

>
> The other possibility that comes to mind is that this is Snow
> Leopard-specific breakage. But others have reported successful builds
> on SL.
>

Indeed, that's what bothers me. I'll try to use root, create a separate
postgres user, and a few other things. I'm sure it's just something trivial
I'm overlooking.

>
> regards, tom lane
>

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August Lilleaas