On Tuesday, March 06, 2012 9:25:17 am Thom Brown wrote: > > These are in my env output: > > PATH=/home/thom/Development/psql/bin/:/usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm:/usr/local/s > bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games > PGDATA=/home/thom/Development/data/ > PGPORT=5488 > > This appears in my build script before configure: > > export PGDATA=$HOME/Development/data/ > export PATH=$HOME/Development/psql/bin/:$PATH > export PGPORT=5488 > > And those 3 lines also appear in my .bashrc file without any variation: > > export PGDATA=$HOME/Development/data/ > export PATH=$HOME/Development/psql/bin/:$PATH > export PGPORT=5488 And you are sure there is no pg_ctl or initdb outside /usr/lib/postgresql/9.1/bin or /home/thom/Development/psql/bin and in your PATH? Just for grins what happens if you try an initdb using an explicit reference to the binary /home/thom/Development/psql/bin/initdb and the -D /home/thom/Development/data/ ? -- Adrian Klaver adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general