Bug 60970

Summary:	PostgreSQL: non-C LC_MESSAGES break initdb
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Rafal Rzepecki <divided.mind>
Component:	[OLD] Server	Assignee:	PgSQL Bugs <pgsql-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	critical	CC:	esigra
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Rafal Rzepecki 2004-08-19 19:34:14 UTC

LC_MESSAGES set to anything else than C (even if not set explicitly, but 
implicitly through LC_ALL or LANG) causes initdb to fail with error 'failed to 
initialize lc_messages to ""'. To work around this, line calling initdb in the ebuild has to be prepended with 'LC_MESSAGES=C '.

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-12-22 16:54:17 UTC

Works fine here with 8.0.4, reopen if you still have this issue.

Comment 2 Motosauro 2009-05-05 12:36:52 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)
> Works fine here with 8.0.4, reopen if you still have this issue.
> 

I had the same exact issue:
emerge --config =dev-db/postgresql-8.15.0

fails complaining about lc_message
LC_ALL was set to it_IT.UTF8
I exported manually LC_ALL=C and configuration went well, giving me a working install of postgresql.
After initdb reverting LC_ALL to former values gives no problem.

Comment 3 Motosauro 2009-05-05 12:37:39 UTC

(In reply to comment #2)
> (In reply to comment #1)
> > Works fine here with 8.0.4, reopen if you still have this issue.
> > 
> 
> I had the same exact issue:
> emerge --config =dev-db/postgresql-8.15.0
> 
> fails complaining about lc_message
> LC_ALL was set to it_IT.UTF8
> I exported manually LC_ALL=C and configuration went well, giving me a working
> install of postgresql.
> After initdb reverting LC_ALL to former values gives no problem.
> 

sry for the typo
it's 8.0.15,  not 8.15.0