[Solution] PG 7.1.3 & MacOS X (10.1)

Hi Chris,

I went through this pain a few weeks ago. Some us couldn't get
through the make phase for PG on Mac 10.1; others made it through the
make phase, but then got weird "backend disconnected" errors. A
couple of the guys who are working on the OpenACS project (the open
source version of Philip Greenspun's cool web publishing system)
coded up some very necessary patches, since they use PG for their
backend database. (I'm waffling between Apple's WebObjects and some
version of the ACS system, but in either case I'll be using
PostgreSQL as my backend database too.)

Anyway, all the installation instructions for getting PG running on
10.0.x/10.1 are on a web page I put up (although it might be a bit
too basic for you):

http://www.psyex.com/techdocs/pgonx.html

Let me know if you find any typos. There shouldn't be any errors,
since I've had a least a few others get up and running with the
directions there. Hope that helps,

Russ

>Hi all,
>
>I got postgres 7.1.3 to compile for the most part, there are a few
>libs which didn't make it, but I don't think they are part of the
>problem.
>After installing everything I did the initdb which worked just fine.
>I got the postmaster up just fine, too. Then, when I tried 'createdb
>msms' I got an error that the backend has disconnected - the
>postmaster was still up though.
>When I tried again, I got messages that the directory I was trying
>to create already existed. I tried this a few times to no avail.
>I also tried this with the postgres.pkg (sort of what an rpm is for
>RedHat Linux) file which I installed before I went to compile
>everything myself.
>
>I currently have the drive formatted with the Apple HFS+ filesystem,
>I'm not sure if it would make a difference if I would format that
>with UFS. I have a spare 10 GB drive and I'm willing to put myself
>though 10 hours of installation vows ... any hints?
>
>Best regards,
>Chris