[BUGS] initdb must have write access to /tmp

[Rich Bodo]

Hi,

        I was just installing postgres 7.1.2 on my linux mandrake 7.2
        system and the build and install went fine up to the point I
        had to run:

         initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data

        which segfaulted.  I changed the permissions on /tmp to 777
        and all was well.  I think initdb could use an if statement to
        check the permissions on /tmp and report a descriptive bug.

-Rich

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