The following bug has been logged online:
Bug reference: 1288
Logged by: Jean-Philippe COURSON
Email address: jumal(at)apache(dot)org
PostgreSQL version: 8.0 Beta
Operating system: Slackware Linux 10.0
Description: Can't create database in a French environment
Details:
8.0 Beta3.
If the following environment variables are set :
LC_ALL=fr_FR
LANG=fr
initdb is unable to create the database template1.
Its output is :
...
creating template1 database in /home/pgsql/base/1 ... FATAL: XX000: failed
to initialize lc_messages to ""
LOCATION: InitializeGUOptions, guc.c:2360
...