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Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:51:56 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please@cygwin.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL : Bad system calls
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On Sun, Oct 30, 2005 at 07:49:19PM -0800, Alex Goldman wrote:
>On 10/30/05, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com> wrote:
>> 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.
>
>According to the README, I wasn't running cygserver (and
>cygserver-config). I tried doing that, but get "bad system call"
>errors anyway.
>
>If your "previous advice" is about sending cygcheck.out to the list,
>I'm going to have to say no. Otherwise, I don't understand your
>complaint.
>
>Anyway, I found out that PostgreSQL seems to support Win32 directly,
>so I'll try that.

That's great, then people from the Postgres project can complain by
asking for details when you request help and you can "just say no" to
them as well.

At least we won't have to insult you by asking for details here.

cgf

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