This is interesting: sudo -u postgres /usr/lib/postgresql/8.3/bin/initdb -D /var/lib/postgresql -U postgres -W postgres (PostgreSQL) 8.3.7 fgets failure: Bad file descriptor The program "postgres" is needed by initdb but was not found in the
Can you please do strace -o /tmp/strace -vfs 1024 /usr/lib/postgresql/8.3/bin/initdb -D /tmp/test -W You should still get the error with this (but without touching system files). Please copy&paste the output of this command, and attach /tmp/strace. Thanks! -- The program "postgres" is needed by initdb but was not found in the same directory as "/usr/lib/postgresql/8.3/bin/initdb". https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/361002 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
