The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference: 1288
Logged by: Jean-Philippe COURSON

Email address: jumal (AT) apache (DOT) org

PostgreSQL version: 8.0 Beta

Operating system: Slackware Linux 10.0

Description: Can't create database in a French environment

Details:

8.0 Beta3.

If the following environment variables are set :
LC_ALL=fr_FR
LANG=fr
initdb is unable to create the database template1.

Its output is :
....
creating template1 database in /home/pgsql/base/1 ... FATAL: XX000: failed
to initialize lc_messages to ""
LOCATION: InitializeGUOptions, guc.c:2360
....




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"PostgreSQL Bugs List" <pgsql-bugs (AT) postgresql (DOT) org> writes:
Take it up with Slackware: evidently they have broken support for that
locale.

regards, tom lane

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