Re: Install problems for postgresql-8.4.1

2009/11/2 Mark H. Nichols <info(at)markhnichols(dot)com>:
>
> On Nov 2, 2009, at 1:39 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
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>> Don Fox <donfox1(at)mac(dot)com> writes:
>>>
>>> bash-3.2$ createdb -T template1 fromtemp0db
>>> Bus error
>>> bash-3.2$

Yes, I'm not surprised.

>> 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?

No, it's highly unlikely to have compiled if it was corrupt. It's
more likely something like an old version of libpq being used by
createdb as Tom seems to imply.

Don, do any of the other commands work? e.g. psql? Or createuser?

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Michael Wood <esiotrot(at)gmail(dot)com>