BUG #1990: Installer bug fails to make C:\program files..global

Started by Gregory Bronnerover 20 years ago2 messagesbugs
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#1Gregory Bronner
gbronner@alumni.princeton.edu

The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference: 1990
Logged by: Gregory Bronner
Email address: gbronner@alumni.princeton.edu
PostgreSQL version: 8.0.4
Operating system: Win2k professional
Description: Installer bug fails to make C:\program files..global
Details:

The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user
"postgres".
This user must also own the server process.

The database cluster will be initialized with locale C.

fixing permissions on existing directory C:/Program
Files/PostgreSQL/8.0/data ... ok
creating directory C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/8.0/data/global ... initdb:
could not create directory "C:/Program Files": File exists
initdb: removing contents of data directory "C:/Program
Files/PostgreSQL/8.0/data"

Ever seen this?

#2Magnus Hagander
magnus@hagander.net
In reply to: Gregory Bronner (#1)
Re: BUG #1990: Installer bug fails to make C:\program files..global

The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference: 1990
Logged by: Gregory Bronner
Email address: gbronner@alumni.princeton.edu
PostgreSQL version: 8.0.4
Operating system: Win2k professional
Description: Installer bug fails to make C:\program
files..global
Details:

The files belonging to this database system will be owned by
user "postgres".
This user must also own the server process.

The database cluster will be initialized with locale C.

fixing permissions on existing directory C:/Program
Files/PostgreSQL/8.0/data ... ok creating directory
C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/8.0/data/global ... initdb:
could not create directory "C:/Program Files": File exists
initdb: removing contents of data directory "C:/Program
Files/PostgreSQL/8.0/data"

Ever seen this?

Do you by any chance have a directory called c:\program?

//Magnus