Re: locale error

On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 14:15, César Eduardo Schneider wrote:
> I have instaled a new system and I´m trying to restore my old
> database.
>
> I get this error:
>
> postgres@server:/usr/local/pgsql/bin$ ./postmaster -D /home/pgsql.old/
> Failed to initialize lc_messages to ''
> PANIC:  The database cluster was initialized with LC_CTYPE 'pt_BR',
>         which is not recognized by setlocale().
>         It looks like you need to initdb.
> Aborted
>
> somebody know what is happing and how can I solve this.

It looks as though you have not enabled the use of the locale pt_BR on
that machine.  In some systems, locales must be specifically enabled.
See if you have the program locale-gen on your system.


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