Re: 7.4beta2 initdb Fix

A fix for this will be in beta3.

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Database Administrator wrote:
> I found some trouble in installing PostgreSQL 7.4beta2 on Mac OS X
> 10.2.6. Specifically, on that operating system, the new script
> calculates shared-buffers at 400 and max-connections at 20. The problem
> is that once you get to the point in the script where template1 is being
> created, the calls to "postgres -boot ..." appear to still assume a
> "best case" scenario of 1000 and 100, respectively, a situation that
> repeats itself throughout the rest of the script. This causes a failure
> of initdb on platforms where 1000 and 100 exceed the OS' capability.
>
> I therefore applied the following change, which allowed initdb to work
> without problem. I am not sure that this is in the appropriate format.
> If not, my apologies.
>
> [share]$ diff ~/src/postgresql-7.4beta2/src/bin/initdb /opt/pgsql/bin/initdb
> 610a611,612
> > PGSQL_OPT="$PGSQL_OPT -c shared-buffers=$nbuffers -c
> max-connections=$nconns"
> >
>
> - Will
>
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