BUG #1344: Locale problem
The following bug has been logged online:
Bug reference: 1344
Logged by: Jan Kraljič
Email address: jan@patware.si
PostgreSQL version: 7.4.6
Operating system: Linux Debian
Description: Locale problem
Details:
I cannot start postgres because unknow error. In log i can get this:
FATAL: XX000: failed to initialize lc_messages to ""
LOCATION: InitializeGUCOptions, guc.c:1867
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locale returns me this
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LC_MESSAGES="sl_SI"
...
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By default i set locale to sl_SI.iso88592
What to do?
"PostgreSQL Bugs List" <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org> writes:
I cannot start postgres because unknow error. In log i can get this:
FATAL: XX000: failed to initialize lc_messages to ""
Are you sure that your LC_MESSAGES setting is compatible with the active
LC_CTYPE setting? I'm not certain about this, but I think that some
platforms may reject the setlocale call if LC_MESSAGES implies a
different encoding (eg, utf8 vs latin-n) than LC_CTYPE does.
regards, tom lane