On 12 June 2012 14:23, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Edmund Horner <ejr...@gmail.com> writes: >> In 9.1, if I run "pg_ctl start" without providing way for it to find >> the datadir, it prints the error: > >> C:\ehorner\pgsql-old\bin>pg_ctl start >> pg_ctl: no database directory specified and environment variable >> PGDATA unset >> Try "pg_ctl --help" for more information. > >> In 9.2 (beta1 and beta2), it runs for a couple of seconds and then >> Windows pops up an error box saying it has "encountered a problem". I >> ... >> I think it could be something in >> http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=aaa6e1def292cdacb6b27088898793b1b879fedf#patch5 > > Hm, that patch seems to be several bricks shy of a load. I will fix > two obvious bugs in it: > > (1) not dump core on boxes where printf("%s", NULL) dumps core;
I saw that, but I couldn't decide if it was the actual problem in my case. Later parts of adjust_data_dir appeared to be running (looking at file system activity). Anyway I'm happy to test it again when there's a new binary. Edmund. -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
