Hi again, Running ldd as postgres yields the same as root:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] postgres]$ ldd /opt/postgres-7.4.1/lib/ascii_and_mic.so libc.so.6 => /lib/i686/libc.so.6 (0x42000000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x80000000) the problem occurs when initdb tries to run the conversion_create.sql script: # Create pg_conversion and support functions $ECHO_N "creating conversions... "$ECHO_C grep -v '^DROP CONVERSION' $datadir/conversion_create.sql | "$PGPATH"/postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null || exit_nicely echo "ok" for some reason - conversion_create.sql the $libdir is not defined. I tried to print $libdir from bin/initdb, but this variable is empty. $datadir, however, is correctly set to /opt/postgres-7.4.1//share. The following envvars are correctly set for user 'postgres': export PATH=/opt/postgres-7.4.1/bin:${PATH} export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/postgres-7.4.1/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH} export MANPATH=/opt/postgres-7.4.1/man:${MANPATH} export PGHOST=localhost export PGPORT=5432 Hmmm.... ?! Best regards, Thomas. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Lane Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 6:19 PM To: Thomas Borg Salling Cc: 'PostgreSQL Bugs List' Subject: Re: [BUGS] BUG #1072: "$libdir/ascii_and_mic": No such file or directory "Thomas Borg Salling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ascii_and_mic.so lives i /opt/postgres-7.4.1/lib, and ldd yields: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] lib]# ldd ascii_and_mic.so=20 > libc.so.6 =3D> /lib/i686/libc.so.6 (0x42000000) > /lib/ld-linux.so.2 =3D> /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x80000000) Hmm, nothing wrong with the library file itself then. So why isn't initdb able to load it? The only thing I can think of is some environment difference between your postgres account and your root account that affects dynamic linking. Better look at LD_LIBRARY_PATH discrepancies, for instance. You might try running ldd as postgres instead of root to see if it gives a different answer. Also you might want to add /opt/postgres-7.4.1/lib/ to your ldconfig search path. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html