Re: BUG #6334: initdb not working

Excerpts from Wilfried.Weiss's message of mié dic 14 03:36:25 -0300 2011:
> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference: 6334
> Logged by: Wilfried Weiss
> Email address: Wilfried(dot)Weiss(at)nsg(dot)com
> PostgreSQL version: 9.1.2
> Operating system: AIX 5300-12-04-1119
> Description:
>
> I successfully compiled 9.1.2 using IBM xlc 9.0 and gnu make 3.80-1. When
> trying to initialise the database, no directory structure is created. I used
> parameter -d for more debug info but did not find any useful hint why initdb
> is not working. I am using PostgreSQL since Version 7.0.4, but that never
> happened to me.

With the amount of info in this report, it seems quite unlikely that we
would be able to come up with an explanation. Maybe the operating
system is silently failing the mkdir() calls. Would you run it under
some sort of strace equivalent?

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