Re: BUG #5680: Failure to start: too many private dirs demanded

Excerpts from Alexey Parshin's message of lun sep 27 16:56:01 -0400 2010:
>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: 5680
> Logged by: Alexey Parshin
> Email address: alexeyp(at)gmail(dot)com
> PostgreSQL version: 9.0.0
> Operating system: Gentoo Linux
> Description: Failure to start: too many private dirs demanded
> Details:
>
> PostgreSQL (fresh install) fails to start.
> The only message in the log file says:
> FATAL: too many private dirs demanded

Weird. A result of some gentoo patch perhaps? Please try

strace postmaster -D /var/lib/postgresql/9.0/data
which should be more illuminating.

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