Re: pgsql on cygwin problem

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, yuri wrote:

> Hello. I had a problem at installation postgesql as service nt. I do all
> under the documentation which is in a file
> /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/postgresql-7.4.5.README
> On item 8 at me there is a mistake at initialization of a database.
>
> $ initdb -D /var/postgresql/data
> The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user
> "postgres".
> [snip]
> Signal 12
^^^^^^^^^
> initdb: failed
> Prompt please in what there can be a problem.

Signal 12 is "Bad system call". Quoting from
/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/postgresql-7.4.5.README:

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Regardless of the installation type, the first step is to add "server" to
your CYGWIN environment variable setting and start cygserver. See the
cygserver README:

/usr/share/doc/cygwin/cygserver.README

for more details. If the CYGWIN variable is not set correctly and/or
cygserver is not running then initdb and postmaster will fail to run
properly.
---------------

Looks like that's what's happening in your case.
HTH,
Igor
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