On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > August Lilleaas <augustlille...@gmail.com> writes: > > I'm configuring with `./configure > > --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/8.4.0`, without sudo. I hawe > chowned > > /usr/local so that I don't need to sudo it. I'm getting the following > error > > when running `initdb` after successfully compiling postgresql > > > Symbol not found: _check_encoding_conversion_args > > Is it possible the 'postgres' you're invoking is not 8.4.0 but something > a bit older? That function was added to the backend relatively > recently. >
There is no other postgresql on my system, so that can't be it. > > The other possibility that comes to mind is that this is Snow > Leopard-specific breakage. But others have reported successful builds > on SL. > Indeed, that's what bothers me. I'll try to use root, create a separate postgres user, and a few other things. I'm sure it's just something trivial I'm overlooking. > > regards, tom lane > -- August Lilleaas
