Re: INSTALLING POSTGRESQL 7.4.2

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Philippe VERSCHOOTEN <ph(dot)verschooten(at)rmnet(dot)be>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: INSTALLING POSTGRESQL 7.4.2
Date: 2004-05-21 15:20:25
Message-ID: 3940.1085152825@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Philippe VERSCHOOTEN <ph(dot)verschooten(at)rmnet(dot)be> writes:
> I am have been installing version 7.4.2 of postgesql through different
> channels on my PowerBook G4 (OS X 10.2.8).

> creating template1 database in /usr/local/pgsql/data//base/1... FATAL:
> invalid value for parameter "lc_time": "en_US"

We've seen reports like that before; it seems that OS X has rather flaky
(incomplete) support for locales. I'd suggest forcing use of C locale,
myself. "initdb --no-locale" will do it IIRC.

regards, tom lane

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