Fuat Atabey <atabey@in.tum.de> writes:
> [macbruegge65:~/Applications/pgsql] atabey% bin/initdb -D data
> ...
> creating template1 database in data/base/1... bin/initdb: line 582:
> 7349 Abort trap "$PGPATH"/postgres -boot -x1 $PGSQL_OPT
> $BACKEND_TALK_ARG template1
> initdb failed.
Hmm ... the "abort" bit is odd, seeing that you didn't configure with
--enable-cassert. Is there a core file? If so, can you get a stack
trace from it?
Also, does it work any better if you specify an absolute rather than
relative path in -D ?
regards, tom lane