Re: [GENERAL] 6.4.1 problem

Summary:  If you build Postgresql from the source distribution, ensure
that you remove the RH rpm package(s) first.  This avoids getting the
wrong executables durint initdb and such.

I had this type of problem on one of my RH/Linux installations.  It turned
out that RH has a /usr/bin/initdb.  I should have been running the
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb.

I removed the postgres RPM package(s) and tried again.  All went well.

mike

Dr Michael A. Koerber
MIT/LL
Radar Imaging Techniques

On Sat, 26 Dec 1998, Bill Sneed wrote:

> Having a bit of a problem gettin 6.4.1 running on RH 5.1.  Source went
> into /usr/src/pgsql and runtime into /var/lib/pgsql [RH default dir
> for postgresql].
>
> Everything went without a problem until the initdb process, which
> keeps failing with the error messages below....PGLIB & PBDATA paths
> correctly functioning, environment seems proper, postgres has correct
> permissions, etc, etc.
>
> Any help greatly appreciated...
>
> ........Bill Sneed, Prospect, Maine.......