Re: BUG #6304: initdb fails with loale ko_KR.eucKR

On 24.11.2011 12:23, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> On 22.11.2011 23:18, Robert Balser wrote:
>>
>> The following bug has been logged online:
>>
>> Bug reference: 6304
>> Logged by: Robert Balser
>> Email address: robert.balser@hp.com
>> PostgreSQL version: 9.0.5
>> Operating system: HPUX 11.31 ia64
>> Description: initdb fails with loale ko_KR.eucKR
>> Details:
>>
>> If you set your LANG=ko_KR.eucKR to set your locale to Korean, the initdb
>> command fails. It works with other locales, e.g. various Japanese,
>> Chinese,
>> and even other Korean locales (e.g. ko_KR.utf8). But ko_KR.eucKR always
>> fails. The command being invoked is:
>>
>> initdb -E UTF8 --no-locale -D<DB_DIR> -U<USER> --pwfile=<PASSWORDFILE>
>>
>> The output of initdb is an "sh:" error (in Korean), followed by a "fgets
>> failure:" (also Korean), and then the following in English:
>>
>> The program "postgres" is needed by initdb but was not found in the same
>> directory as "<PGDIR>/bin/initdb". Check your installation.
>>
>> The postgres binary is of course in that folder, hence working with other
>> locales.

This doesn't look like a Postgres bug, I was able to reproduce this with
the attached test program. It seems to depend heavily on the linker
options used, this is the minimum set I was able to reduce it to. I
think you'll have to pick it up from here with the HP compiler/
operating system guys..

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