There is no postgresql on the machine, the installation started with #emerge postgresql-server -av with /etc/portage/package.mask ... >=dev-db/postgresql-docs-8.5 >=dev-db/postgresql-base-8.5 >=dev-db/postgresql-server-8.5 And after editing /etc/conf.d/postgresql-8.4 with the proper locale # emerge --config =dev-db/postgresql-server-8.4.8-r1 Configuring pkg... * You can modify the paths and options passed to initdb by editing: * /etc/conf.d/postgresql-8.4 * * Information on options that can be passed to initdb are found at: * http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/creating-cluster.html * http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/app-initdb.html * * PG_INITDB_OPTS is currently set to: * --locale=en_US.utf8 * * Configuration files will be installed to: * /etc/postgresql-8.4/ * * The database cluster will be created in: * /var/lib/postgresql/8.4/data * * Are you ready to continue? (y/n) y * Checking system parameters... * Checking whether your system supports at least 128 connections... * Passed. * Creating the data directory ... * Initializing the database ... mv: cannot stat `/var/lib/postgresql/8.4/data/*.conf': No such file or directory * The autovacuum function, which was in contrib, has been moved to the main * PostgreSQL functions starting with 8.1, and starting with 8.4 is now enabled by * default. You can disable it in the cluster's: * /etc/postgresql-8.4/postgresql.conf * * The PostgreSQL server, by default, will log events to: * /var/lib/postgresql/8.4/data/postmaster.log * * You should use the '/etc/init.d/postgresql-8.4' script to run PostgreSQL * instead of 'pg_ctl'. I have tried several time with "unmerge and emerge first postgresql-base, eselect postgresql set 8.4, eselect postgresql update, revdep-rebuild and emerge postgresql-server and then emerge --config" but it didn't help much. I have also tried without the mask and got the same error with the latest version 9.0.4 ebuild. Any idea? I am desperately in need of setting up a postgresql server. Any way to do that without the ebuild? Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge postgresql-server 2. edit /etc/conf.d/postgresql-8.4 3. emerge --config =dev-db/postgresql-server-8.4.8-r1 Actual Results: * Initializing the database ... mv: cannot stat `/var/lib/postgresql/8.4/data/*.conf': No such file or directory And of course, #/etc/init.d/postgresql-8.4 start will fail to start. 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When doing according to this advice * Make sure the postgres user in /etc/passwd has an account setup with /bin/bash as the shell from "http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/postgres-howto.xml," everything works fine! Shall we say "Resolved" now? Please advise!
(In reply to comment #1) > When doing according to this advice > * Make sure the postgres user in /etc/passwd has an account setup with > /bin/bash as the shell > from "http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/postgres-howto.xml," > everything works fine! > Shall we say "Resolved" now? Please advise! No, we shan't. I'll have to see if I can reproduce this issue. Which steps did you perform from that document to make it work?
I did the following: - make the account postgres to have /bin/bash as the shell - emerge postgresql-base - revdep-rebuild - eselect postgresql list (8.4 is the default slot) - eselect postgresql update - emerge postgresql-server - edit /etc/conf.d/postgresql-8.4 - emerge --config =dev-db/postgresql-server-8.4.8-r1 And postgresql was installed.
I haven't been able to reproduce this. It always just works for me. The ebuilds already performs those steps, excluding revdep-rebuild.
Thank you, Aaron, very much indeed! I wonder that it could be because: 1. My server does not have Postgresql installed before or 2. One of the earlier e-builds of 8.4.x created user postgres with shell=false
