"Harvey, Allan AC" <HarveyA@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> "Harvey, Allan AC" <HarveyA@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >>> creating template1 database in /upgrades/postgres/postgresql-8.3.3/src/test/regress/./tmp_check/data/base/1 ... =: is not an identifier > A diff of postgres.bki on the SCO system to another that completed the regression > tests OK produced no differences. Huh ... so much for the easy theory. What you need to do next is figure out exactly where the failure is coming from. Try running initdb with --debug option (this will produce LOTS of stuff on stderr), and post the last hundred or so lines of debug output. regards, tom lane