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Re: Postgresql problem



On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 04:01:00 +0200, Meir Kriheli wrote:
> After upgrading sid, postgresql won't start anymore.
> 
> The error says:
> There is no PostgreSQL database framework in /var/lib/postgres/data.
> Run initdb as the postgres user to create it

It looks like you have/had the broken base-passwd package installed which
swapped uids and gids. Check that your /etc/passwd is sane, and correct the
ownership/group membership of /var/lib/postgres/data and everything in
there.

HTH,
Ray
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