Re: 8.0: Absolute path required for INITDB?

Why don't we just throw an error if it isn't an abolute path name,
rather than failing in a weird way?

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Josh Berkus wrote:
> Tom,
>
> > Well, that does deserve investigation. But I've been initdb'ing
> > frequently and not noticed any problems. What configure switches
> > did you use exactly? Did you try to move the installation tree
> > after configure?
>
> 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
> This means you have a corrupted installation or identified
> the wrong directory with the invocation option -L.
> postgres(at)mole:/usr/local/pg80b/bin>
>
> I don't recall having this issue with 7.4.
>
> --
> -Josh Berkus
> Aglio Database Solutions
> San Francisco
>
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