Re: initdb fails on ia64 SMP system

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Ian Grant <Ian(dot)Grant(at)cl(dot)cam(dot)ac(dot)uk>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: initdb fails on ia64 SMP system
Date: 2002-08-20 14:48:59
Message-ID: 5791.1029854939@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Ian Grant <Ian(dot)Grant(at)cl(dot)cam(dot)ac(dot)uk> writes:
> Architecture (example: Intel Pentium) : ia64, 4 way SMP
> Operating System (example: Linux 2.0.26 ELF) : Linux 2.4.3 SMP kernel

Does anything else work for you on that box? I seem to recall that
kernels before about 2.4.9 had serious SMP bugs.

> Running the same command again causes it to fail somewhere different, e.g.:

In that case I don't think it's our bug. initdb is quite deterministic,
at least when running on a deterministic platform ;-)

regards, tom lane

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