Re: Initdb failed in PostgreSQL 7.3.21

"Kakoli Sen" <kakolis@cdacb.ernet.in> writes:
>         I install PostgreSQL 7.3.21 successfully with sudo and could start
> the postmaster as sudo.

What platform is that?  How exactly did you install Postgres --- build
from source, install someone's package (whose?), ...?

Why are you intent on making a fresh installation of 7.3.x anyway?
Seems like it'd be better to take the opportunity to move to a
non-obsolete release.

            regards, tom lane