Re: INITDB-error - end-of-copy marker error

From: Jason Tishler <jason(at)tishler(dot)net>
To: JC Jan Christensen <jan(dot)christensen(at)riva-systems(dot)dk>
Cc: "'cygwin(at)cygwin(dot)com'" <cygwin(at)cygwin(dot)com>, "'pgsql-cygwin(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-cygwin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: INITDB-error - end-of-copy marker error
Date: 2004-04-22 16:56:39
Message-ID: 20040422165639.GA1280@tishler.net
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On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 05:16:42PM +0200, JC Jan Christensen wrote:
> I have a problem with INITDB !!!!

Works for me -- see below...

> I get the following error-message from INITDB :
>
> creating system views....ok
> loading pg_description...ERROR: end-of-copy marker does
> not match previous newline style
> CONTEXT: COPY tmp_pg_description, line 1542: ""
> initdb: failed
>
> I use Cygwin version 1.5.9-1
>
> What is the problem, and how does I solve this problem ?????

Try a recent snapshot -- it will work much better than 1.5.9-1.

Note I will release Cygwin PostgreSQL 7.4.2, built against cygserver,
after Cygwin 1.5.10 is released.

BTW, IMO, there was no reason to cross post to four different mailing
lists regarding this problem.

Jason

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