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Date:	Sun, 30 Oct 2005 22:39:38 -0500
From:	"Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
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To:	Alex Goldman <alex DOT gman AT gmail DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: PostgreSQL : Bad system calls
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Alex Goldman wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I get "Bad system call" errors, when I try to run 'initdb'. I searched
> the net for "cygwin" + "postgresql" + "bad system call", and saw that
> others are complaining about this problem too, but I found no
> explanations or solutions. I tried both 7.4.3-1 and 7.4.5-1 versions
> of postgresql. Any idea what's going on? Here's a sample of the
> output:
> 

<snip>

Please read and follow the problem reporting guidelines found at:

> Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html

Given your description though, I'm wondering if you read
'/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/postgresql-7.4.3.README'.  If not, check it out.
I believe you'll find appropriate information to resolve this problem.
If not, then I point you back to my previous advice.

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