Bug #844: initdb fails on an ext2/3 fs mounted on /var/lib/pgsql/data

JMM (jmm@cvni.net) reports a bug with a severity of 4
The lower the number the more severe it is.

Short Description
initdb fails on an ext2/3 fs mounted on /var/lib/pgsql/data

Long Description
If a whole filesystem (eg a whole disk in one filesystem that is dedicated to postgres data) is mounted on data
location(typically /var/lib/pgsql/data), initdb files besause of the existence of the lost+found directory in the
filesystemroot. 

There is an easy by pass by moving lost+found elsewhere, run initdb and re move lost+found to its original location.
Nevertheless,having initdb tolerate lost+found (or equivalents for other fs types) would be an  improvement. 

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