erik <code@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > After updating to 10.6.1 this morning the postgresql 8.3 server (from > a macports installation) refuses to start. > It's stops with the message > "FATAL: incorrect checksum in control file" > Yesterday I was running postgresql server successfully the whole day > under 10.6 with no problems at all. I upgrade the postgresql > installation this morning to the 8.3. security update. Well, you'd have to talk to whoever built the macports installation, but it sure sounds like you got a 64-bit build of Postgres instead of a 32-bit build, or perhaps vice versa. "file" applied to the postgres executable would tell you more. > This is all on > a MacBook5,1 which can only run the kernel in 32bit-mode. 32 vs 64 bit kernel has nothing to do with 32 vs 64 bit userland. 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