Re: Install problems for postgresql-8.4.1

I think the hitch is something on my machine( an old Intel Core Duo)
MacBook Pro. When I do a :

dscl . -list /Groups PrimaryGroupID | awk '{print $2 $1}' | sort -n

I get

-2nobody
-1nogroup
0wheel
UsersPostgreSQL <------------- Looks strange to me! Should it be
removed? THis is after previous installation is removed and I've
just done a new 'sudo make install'.
1daemon
2kmem
3sys
4tty
5operator

When I use the
sudo dseditgroup -o create -i 103 -r "PostgreSQL Users" postgres

I get

Create called on existing record - do you want to overwrite, y or n :

In this case 103 should be avaliable as it's not in either Users
Unique ID or in Groups Primary ID

No matter which avaliable number I choose I still get the same
response and any createdb attempt results in a bus error!

Don

On Nov 1, 2009, at 8:48 PM, Mark H. Nichols wrote:

> Don,
>
> On Nov 1, 2009, at 7:19 PM, Don Fox wrote:
>
>> What kind of new Mac do you have?
>
> I just got a Unibody 15" MacBook Pro with the 2.66 GHz processors
> and a 320 GB hard drive. Also the matte (anti-glare) screen. Very
> nice replacement for my aging PowerBook G4.
>
>
>> I'm looking forward to an iMac with i7 cpu when they become
>> available!
>
> No offense, but having spent my money I'm hoping that's a little
> later rather than sooner. :)
>
>>
>> I'm going to give this another try now, Thanks for the nifty tool.
>>
>> By the way, should sudo dscl . -create /Users/postgres create
>> another user under /Users ?
>
> I see the Postgres user in the list of accounts in Accounts pane of
> System Preferences, but there is not a new entry in the /Users
> directory. By setting the home directory to /usr/local/pgsql (sudu
> dscl . -create /Users/postgres NFSHomeDirectory /usr/local/pgsql
> ) we didn't create a directory in /Users.
>
> Mark
>