From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com |
Cc: | pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: 8.0: Absolute path required for INITDB? |
Date: | 2004-08-09 20:22:54 |
Message-ID: | 19337.1092082974@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
> Here's the issue: if you start initdb from a directory other than PGBASE, you
> can run into trouble:
> postgres(at)mole:/usr/local/pg80b/bin> ./initdb -D ../data
> initdb: file "/usr/local/pg80b/bin/share/postgresql/postgres.bki" does not
> exist
Actually, the problem seems to be specific to the use of "." or ".." in
the invocation path. I have applied a patch that seems to fix it for
me.
> I don't recall having this issue with 7.4.
All that path-hacking logic is new in 8.0, I believe. Before we were
using some shell utilities to do it for us.
regards, tom lane
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