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Subject: Re: Strange behaviour: create database hangs (v 8.4.4)
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On 31 May 2010 18:59, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Seems like you must have a kernel/filesystem issue, but I don't know
> what either. =A0CREATE DATABASE just copies the contents of template1
> using some absolutely straightforward code (look into src/port/copydir.c)
> so it's entirely filesystem-limited.

Thanks Tom. I've confirmed that it's not related to PostgreSQL, as
installing this version on another system has zero issues. I've posted
the issue to a Slackware specific forum:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/slackware-13-sluggish-=
system-possibly-filesystem-811442/