Re: Small request re error message

Bill Moran wrote:
> In response to Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>:
>
> > Scott Ribe wrote:
> > > Could the below message be modified:
> > >
> > > The database cluster was initialized with PG_CONTROL_VERSION 906166272, but
> > > the server was compiled with PG_CONTROL_VERSION 822.
> > >
> > > By also showing the version numbers in hex, like so:
> > >
> > > The database cluster was initialized with PG_CONTROL_VERSION 906166272
> > > (0x36030000), but the server was compiled with PG_CONTROL_VERSION 822
> > > (0x00000336).
> > >
> > > This would have saved me a couple of minutes' worth of puzzlement. With Macs
> > > out there that look identical between the PPC and x86 versions, this kind of
> > > error has gotten a lot easier to make ;-)
> >
> > I don't understand how the hex values help.
>
> With the hex values, it becomes immediately obvious that the problem is
> caused by endianess (to me, anyway)

Oh. Yea, I can see that, but even if the endian-ness is the same, it
still might not work. Even a different compiler flag will cause a
failure to run properly.

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