This is the full cmd output. C:\Users\admin\Desktop\PostgreSQL_18.6-FIPS\bin>initdb.exe The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user "admin". This user must also own the server process.
The database cluster will be initialized with locale "English_United States.1252". The default database encoding has accordingly been set to "WIN1252". The default text search configuration will be set to "english". Data page checksums are enabled. creating directory D:/PostgreSQL/18/data ... ok creating subdirectories ... ok selecting dynamic shared memory implementation ... windows selecting default "max_connections" ... Mark Sutyak On Saturday, October 24th, 2026 at 11:07 AM, Adrian Klaver <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/24/26 7:50 AM, sutyak wrote: > > Using meson/ninja I've built PostgreSQL 18.6 using a FIPS-compliant > > version of OpenSSL and now I am attempting to initialize it. > > After running initdb.exe it always hangs at selecting default > > "max_connections" ... > > You will need to give a more detailed description of what "...selecting > default "max_connections" ..." means? > > > > > Any troubleshooting tips appreciated. Nothing shows in any logs and > > using the debug switch doesn't provide anything additional for > > troubleshooting. > > > > Mark Sutyak > > > -- > Adrian Klaver > [email protected] > > >
