Thanks George. I have fixed the typo in initcluster.vbs on all affected branches.
On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 4:24 PM, <gt...@intracom.gr> wrote: > The following bug has been logged on the website: > > Bug reference: 7628 > Logged by: George Tsaloukidis > Email address: gt...@intracom.gr > PostgreSQL version: 9.2.1 > Operating system: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, SP 1 > Description: > > Dear All, > > I downloaded setup file postgresql-9.2.1-1-windows-x64.exe > from your web site, and tried to install PostgreSQL on my machine. > Before finishing, one-click installer displayed the message > “initializing the database cluster” and stayed there for hours. > > Using perfmon.exe tool I found that there was a lot of disk activity > and that program icacls.exe were accessing a lot of files contained > in some personal folders. Selected installation directory was > “C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.2”. > > Search on the web revealed that installer uses icacls.exe to change access > permissions on installation directory. However in my case, files accessed > by icacls.exe had nothing to do with installation directory. > > The next step was to check file > “C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.2\installer\server\initcluster.vbs”. > That script calls icacls.exe for all folders consisting > installation directory except for “C:\” and “C:\Program Files” > (if they are part of installation directory). Unfortunately, > instead of accessing %SYSTEMDRIVE% environment variable, script tries > to get the value of %SYSTEMDRIVER%, which does not exist. > So system’s root directory is not really excluded and if it contains > a lot of file (as mine), the installation may need some hours. > > To check it, I defined a new environment variable > (SYSTEMDRIVER=%SYSTEMDRIVE%) > and ran the setup program again. This time installation finished within a > couple of minutes. > > Best Regards, > George. > > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs > -- Sandeep Thakkar Senior Software Engineer EnterpriseDB Corporation The Enterprise Postgres Company Phone: +91.20.30589514 Website: www.enterprisedb.com EnterpriseDB Blog: http://blogs.enterprisedb.com/ Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/enterprisedb This e-mail message (and any attachment) is intended for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. This message contains information from EnterpriseDB Corporation that may be privileged, confidential, or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient or authorized to receive this for the intended recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution, retention, archiving, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message.
