Index: src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql-server/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c,v
retrieving revision 1.49
diff -c -c -r1.49 initdb.c
*** src/bin/initdb/initdb.c	11 Aug 2004 23:28:54 -0000	1.49
--- src/bin/initdb/initdb.c	16 Aug 2004 03:22:38 -0000
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*** 2234,2240 ****
  		share_path = xmalloc(MAXPGPATH);
  		get_share_path(backend_exec, share_path);
  	}
! 
  	canonicalize_path(share_path);
  
  	if ((short_version = get_short_version()) == NULL)
--- 2234,2245 ----
  		share_path = xmalloc(MAXPGPATH);
  		get_share_path(backend_exec, share_path);
  	}
! 	else if (!is_absolute_path(share_path))
! 	{
! 		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: input file location must be an absolute path\n"), progname);
! 		exit(1);
! 	}
! 	
  	canonicalize_path(share_path);
  
  	if ((short_version = get_short_version()) == NULL)