Debugging PG 7.2 installation

I've successfully compiled PostGreSQL 7.2 on my MacOS X v. 10.1.3 machine,
but it doesn't seem to run. When I start the postmaster, sometimes nothing
happens. Other times, I get the following debug messages.

[irpsws16:/usr/local/pgsql] postgres% /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -D
/usr/local/pgsql/data
DEBUG: database system was shut down at 2002-02-23 21:50:10 PST
DEBUG: checkpoint record is at 0/109734
DEBUG: redo record is at 0/109734; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown TRUE
DEBUG: next transaction id: 89; next oid: 16556
DEBUG: database system is ready
<I press Enter here>
^CDEBUG: fast shutdown request
DEBUG: shutting down
DEBUG: database system is shut down
[irpsws16:/usr/local/pgsql] postgres%

What is the meaning of all this? I'm just trying to upgrade PG/PHP/Apache
and each upgrade has its pitfalls. (I'm still trying to get PHP 4.1.1 to
'make' successfully...another story.)

Cheers,
Gary
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