Josh Berkus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Here's the issue: if you start initdb from a directory other than PGBASE, you > can run into trouble:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/pg80b/bin> ./initdb -D ../data > initdb: file "/usr/local/pg80b/bin/share/postgresql/postgres.bki" does not > exist Actually, the problem seems to be specific to the use of "." or ".." in the invocation path. I have applied a patch that seems to fix it for me. > I don't recall having this issue with 7.4. All that path-hacking logic is new in 8.0, I believe. Before we were using some shell utilities to do it for us. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings