Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Here is a possible patch. Example output:
> $ pg-install/bin/postgres -D pg-install/var/data
> FATAL: database files are incompatible with server
> DETAIL: The database cluster was initialized with PG_CONTROL_VERSION
> 1090715648 (0x41030000), but the server was compiled with PG_CONTROL_VERSION
> 833 (0x00000341).
> HINT: This could be a mismatched byte order. It looks like you need to
> initdb.
> I didn't follow how the user got into this mess, so I don't know whether the
> suggestion "you need to initdb" is appropriate.
I think it still is, at least as much as it is in other situations where
we say that. I didn't like the wording of the other part of the hint
though. Maybe "This could be a problem of mismatched byte ordering"?
Other than that quibble, +1.
regards, tom lane
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