Re: BUG #6334: initdb not working

Hi Alvaro,

I just compiled version 9.1.3 and got quite the same error.

I still do not have any clue what to change, as the compile runs successfully without any error.

Regards Wilfried

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Von: Alvaro Herrera [mailto:alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org]
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 11. Januar 2012 19:48
An: Pg Bugs
Cc: Weiss, Wilfried
Betreff: Fwd: AW: [BUGS] BUG #6334: initdb not working

I'm forwarding a reply I got to my personal email. I have no idea what
to do with this report. The interesting extract from the attached log
file is:

initializing dependencies ... ok
creating system views ... FATAL: column "?column?" specified more than once
STATEMENT: /*
* PostgreSQL System Views
*
* Copyright (c) 1996-2011, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
*
* src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
*/

CREATE VIEW pg_roles AS

Wilfried: please CC the list in replies always.

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From: "Weiss, Wilfried" <wilfried(dot)weiss(at)nsg(dot)com>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:38:16 -0300
Subject: AW: [BUGS] BUG #6334: initdb not working

Hi Alvaro,

sorry for answering so late.

I asked my AIX systems administrator for support on this issue. However they had no idea what kind of strace I could run to get more detailed information.

Could you please give me any advice how to trace this bug?

Attached you find the debugging output of initdb. This is the only information I have at the moment. Maybe this helps a little bit.

Best Regards / Mit freundlichen Grüssen
Wilfried Weiss

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Von: Alvaro Herrera [mailto:alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com]
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 14. Dezember 2011 23:06
An: Weiss, Wilfried
Cc: Pg Bugs
Betreff: Re: [BUGS] BUG #6334: initdb not working

Excerpts from Wilfried.Weiss's message of mié dic 14 03:36:25 -0300 2011:
> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference: 6334
> Logged by: Wilfried Weiss
> Email address: Wilfried(dot)Weiss(at)nsg(dot)com
> PostgreSQL version: 9.1.2
> Operating system: AIX 5300-12-04-1119
> Description:
>
> I successfully compiled 9.1.2 using IBM xlc 9.0 and gnu make 3.80-1. When
> trying to initialise the database, no directory structure is created. I used
> parameter -d for more debug info but did not find any useful hint why initdb
> is not working. I am using PostgreSQL since Version 7.0.4, but that never
> happened to me.

With the amount of info in this report, it seems quite unlikely that we
would be able to come up with an explanation. Maybe the operating
system is silently failing the mkdir() calls. Would you run it under
some sort of strace equivalent?

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