Re: BUG #8197: Error Message When trying to install PS8.1

Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com> wrote:=0A> <healthycomputers@pe=
rsona.ca> wrote:=0A>=0A>> initdb: removing contents of data directory "C:/P=
rogram Files=0A>> (x86)/PostgreSQL/8.1/data"=0A>=0A> Only Postgres 8.1 is n=
ot supported anymore by the community for a=0A> couple of years.=0A=0AMore =
than that.=0A=0ANote that this seems to be on Windows.=A0 While support of =
8.1 was=0Aended five years after its 2005 release, support was terminated=
=0Aearlier on Windows because of bugs on that platform which were=0Afixed i=
n 8.2 in a way which was too intrusive to back-patch.=A0 So it=0Ahas been o=
ut of support on Windows for roughly six years now.=0A=0A> You should use a=
 newer version.=0A=0AMost definitely.=0A=0A--=0AKevin Grittner=0AEnterprise=
DB: http://www.enterprisedb.com=0AThe Enterprise PostgreSQL Company