Heiko Pohl <Heiko(dot)Pohl(at)VR-Web(dot)de> writes:
> -bash-2.05b$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -D /var/lib/pgsql.old/data
> FATAL 2: The database cluster was initialized with LC_COLLATE
> 'de_DE.UTF-8' and
> LC_CTYPE 'de_DE.UTF-8', but the server was compiled without
> locale support.
> It looks like you need to initdb or recompile.
You need configure --enable-locale, or some such switch.
> -bash-2.05b$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /var/lib/pgsql.old/data/
Do NOT NOT NOT initdb, or you'll have wasted this whole exercise.
regards, tom lane