Re: Install problems for postgresql-8.4.1

On Nov 2, 2009, at 1:39 PM, Tom Lane wrote:

> Don Fox <donfox1(at)mac(dot)com> writes:
>> bash-3.2$ createdb -T template1 fromtemp0db
>> Bus error
>> bash-3.2$
>
> This appears to be the createdb program itself crashing, not the
> server.
> That cuts down the alternatives quite a lot, because createdb isn't
> much; it basically just tries to connect via libpq and send a CREATE
> DATABASE command to the server. My first thought is that you have a
> corrupt libpq.so, or one that is incompatible with your createdb
> executable. You could check some of the more obvious causes by
> seeing what "file" and "otool -L" have to say about createdb and
> libpq.so.
>
> regards, tom lane

Would a potentially corrupt createdb program indicate that the
download of Postrgres was somehow corrupt? Can you download the
checksum and verify that your download is complete and undamaged?

Mark