The following bug has been logged online:
Bug reference: 2691
Logged by: Ille vieljans
Email address: vieljans@augea.de
PostgreSQL version: 8.1
Operating system: debian
Description: Server did not start. Error: Could not create log file.
Details:
Stopping PostgreSQL 8.1 database server: main.
hostname:/etc/init.d# ./postgresql-8.1 start
Starting PostgreSQL 8.1 database server: main* Use of uninitialized value in
pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/postgresql-common/PgCommon.pm line 433.
Error: Could not create log file
failed!
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Remark:
I did not change anything at postgres.
I configured postfix, shutdown server.
On restart postgres did not start, error message above.
I repeated, the same error.