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Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 19:49:19 -0800
From: Alex Goldman <alex DOT gman AT gmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: PostgreSQL : Bad system calls
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On 10/30/05, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT 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.

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