Re: initdb fails

Michael,

On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 08:54:41AM +0200, schopen@dimdi.de wrote:
> >> On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 06:13:43PM +0200, schopen@dimdi.de wrote:
> >> bash-2.04$ bin/initdb

When I first saw the above, I thought that it was strange...

> Thanks, Jason. After replacing shapshot 20010416 by 20010413 nothing changed.

I suggested using 20010413 (to the entire pgsql-cygwin list not just
you) to workaround the Cygwin AF_UNIX socket problem -- not to solve
your original problem.

> Then I followed your advice and located the call in the initdb script.
> I removed "-o /dev/null" from PGSQL_OPT and realized that the path to
> postgres was wrong:
> "//bin/postgres".

The above will be interpreted by Cygwin as a UNC path.  In this case,
Cygwin will look for share "postgres" on machine "bin".

> I called initdb with -L and everything worked fine.
> I think the reason is that I have the whole cygnus stuff under c:\cygwin
> and not under c:\

No!  It is discouraged from installing Cygwin under the root directory
of a drive.  The default is "C:\Cygwin" and I suggest that you use it.

If your Cygwin installation is set up correctly, then you should be able
to just type:

    $ initdb

Hence, I believe that you environment (i.e., PATH) is not set up
correctly.  If you cannot determine what is wrong yourself, then send
the output from cygcheck -s -r v to the Cygwin mailing list:

    cygwin@cygwin.com

Jason

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