Re: initdb failure (was Re: [GENERAL] sequence's plpgsql)

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> Yeah, I was wondering whether you wouldn't propose dropping the newline
>> consistency check.  I'm not very comfortable with that, but maybe we
>> should.  Bruce?

> I don't mind if we keep it on pure-POSIX platforms.  But one of the nicer
> developments on Windows in recent(?) times is that you can actually use
> any kind of line separator and most programs still work correctly (with
> the notable exception of Notepad).

Not sure if we should make the behavior Windows-specific though.  And
didn't Michael report seeing the same initdb failure on Debian?  That
confuses me a bit --- why would there be a newline discrepancy on Debian?
        regards, tom lane