"PostgreSQL Bugs List" <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org> writes:
> If the following environment variables are set :
> LC_ALL=fr_FR
> LANG=fr
> initdb is unable to create the database template1.
> Its output is :
> ...
> creating template1 database in /home/pgsql/base/1 ... FATAL: XX000: failed
> to initialize lc_messages to ""
> LOCATION: InitializeGUOptions, guc.c:2360
Take it up with Slackware: evidently they have broken support for that
locale.
regards, tom lane