Thom Brown <thom@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 6 March 2012 16:31, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> [ scratches head... ] I can't reproduce it with current git tip. > And I don't think I can reproduce this if I remove that directory. > I've seen this issue about 3 or 4 times in the past, and fixed it by > ditching the old data dir completely. I'm just not sure what causes > this to happen. I'm a bit confused here. Isn't the data directory totally empty before initdb starts? It's supposed to refuse to proceed otherwise. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general