Bug #528: Core dump on OpenBSD 2.7 using postgresql 7.1.3

Magnus Karlsson (mkand99@student.vxu.se) reports a bug with a severity of 3
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Short Description
Core dump on OpenBSD 2.7 using postgresql 7.1.3

Long Description
Hi
I cannot run postgresql on OpenBSD2.7 (i386).(more info further down)
According to the INSTALL notes i should do this:
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./configure
gmake
gmake install
adduser postgres
su - postgres
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data >logfile 2>&1 &
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/createdb test
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql test
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Anyway,
'.configure', 'gmake', 'gmake install', 'adduser postgres' and 'su postgres' works perfectly.
But when i try to do the next step,
'/usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data'
, this happens:

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$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
This database system will be initialized with username "postgres".
This user will own all the data files and must also own the server process.

Fixing permissions on existing directory /usr/local/pgsql/data
Creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/base
Creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/global
Creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_xlog
Creating template1 database in /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/1
Bad system call (core dumped)

initdb failed.
Removing temp file /tmp/initdb.7973.
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I tried to install 'strace' to find out which system call that is bad, but strace does not have support for openBSD
2.7,so i could'nt compile (nor install) it. 
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Anyway, a friend told me to submit this as a bug since it dumped a core. Hopefully this is to some use to you.

It would be of interest to me if you find a solution to this, so please keep me informed.

Regards
Magnus Karlsson
mkand99@student.vxu.se

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