title: What is going wrong with postgresql initdb? Why is the `UTF-8` encoding not getting enforced?
body: <p>I am using PostgreSQL 9.1. Trying to enforce UTF8 encoding as default.</p>
  
  <p>This is what I am doing.</p>
  
  <pre><code>service postgresql initdb -E 'UTF-8' --lc-collate='en_US.UTF-8' --lc-ctype=locale='en_US.UTF-8';
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Although the initilization process goes on without any problem,</p>
  
  <p>a <code>\l</code> at the <code>psql</code> prompt gives there details.</p>
  
  <pre class="lang-none prettyprint-override"><code>                         List of databases
     Name    |  Owner   |Encoding  | Collate | Ctype |   Access privileges   
  -----------+----------+----------+---------+-------+-----------------------
    postgres | postgres | LATIN1 | en_US&amp;nbsp;| en_US| 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Why is the <code>UTF-8</code> encoding not getting enforced?</p>