This sounds very much like the known bug that has been reported several times over the past couple of days on pgsql-hackers-win32. We're working on tracking it down. At the moment, the non-MSI snapshot at http://www.hagander.net/pgsql/win32snap/ has been "downgraded" to the latest known working snapshot.
 
//Magnus


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	From: Coloring Graph [mailto:graphcoloring@yahoo.com.cn] 
	Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 6:39 AM
	To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
	Subject: [HACKERS] 7.5 devel initdb failure
	
	
	I am download the 7.5 devel installer version, when I try install in win2000,
	I encountered a error, the below is the log:
	 
	=================================================
	The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user "postgres".
	This user must also own the server process.
	The database cluster will be initialized with locale chinese-simplified.
	fixing permissions on existing directory C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/7.5/data ... ok
	creating directory C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/7.5/data/global ... ok
	creating directory C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/7.5/data/pg_xlog ... ok
	creating directory C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/7.5/data/pg_xlog/archive_status ... ok
	creating directory C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/7.5/data/pg_clog ... ok
	creating directory C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/7.5/data/pg_subtrans ... ok
	creating directory C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/7.5/data/base ... ok
	creating directory C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/7.5/data/base/1 ... ok
	creating directory C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/7.5/data/pg_tblspc ... ok
	selecting default max_connections ... 10
	selecting default shared_buffers ... 50
	creating configuration files ... ok
	creating template1 database in C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/7.5/data/base/1 ... FATAL:  could not select a suitable default timezone
	DETAIL:  It appear s that your GMT time zone uses leap seconds. PostgreSQL does not support leap seconds.
	delete file - C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\7.5\data\pg_hba.conf
	delete file - C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\7.5\data\pg_ident.conf
	delete file - C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\7.5\data\PG_VERSION
	delete file - C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\7.5\data\postgresql.conf
	child process was terminated by signal 1
	initdb: failed
	initdb: removing contents of data directory "C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/7.5/data"
	=================================================
	 
	Note: I am use the local: chinese-simplified, and the encoding: "EUC_CN".
	 
	After this error, I try set the enviroment variable TZ=CST, and run the installer again, but the there is some exception raisen during the installation, say,
	0x0063e45b指令引用的0x00000000内存，该内存不能为"read"
	when the exception raisen, the last line of the log file is: 
	 
	selecting default max_connections ...
	 
	At the install end, the installer say
	------------------------------------------------
	Failed to run initdb: 1!
	Please see the logfile in "C:\Program files\PostgreSQL\7.5\tmp\initdb.log".
	------------------------------------------------

	
	
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This sounds very much like the known bug that has been 
reported several times over the past couple of days on pgsql-hackers-win32. 
We're working on tracking it down. At the moment, the non-MSI snapshot at http://www.hagander.net/pgsql/win32snap/ 
has been "downgraded" to the latest known working snapshot.
 
//Magnus



From: Coloring Graph 
  [mailto:graphcoloring@yahoo.com.cn] Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 
  6:39 AMTo: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.orgSubject: 
  [HACKERS] 7.5 devel initdb failure

I am download the 7.5 devel installer version, when I try install in 
  win2000,
I encountered a error, the below is the log:
 
=================================================
The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user 
  "postgres".This user must also own the server process.
The database cluster will be initialized with locale 
  chinese-simplified.
fixing permissions on existing directory C:/Program 
  Files/PostgreSQL/7.5/data ... okcreating directory C:/Program 
  Files/PostgreSQL/7.5/data/global ... okcreating directory C:/Program 
  Files/PostgreSQL/7.5/data/pg_xlog ... okcreating directory C:/Program 
  Files/PostgreSQL/7.5/data/pg_xlog/archive_status ... okcreating directory 
  C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/7.5/data/pg_clog ... okcreating directory 
  C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/7.5/data/pg_subtrans ... okcreating directory 
  C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/7.5/data/base ... okcreating directory 
  C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/7.5/data/base/1 ... okcreating directory 
  C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/7.5/data/pg_tblspc ... okselecting default 
  max_connections ... 10selecting default shared_buffers ... 50creating 
  configuration files ... okcreating template1 database in C:/Program 
  Files/PostgreSQL/7.5/data/base/1 ... FATAL:  could not select a suitable 
  default timezoneDETAIL:  It appear s that your GMT time zone uses 
  leap seconds. PostgreSQL does not support leap seconds.delete file - 
  C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\7.5\data\pg_hba.confdelete file - 
  C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\7.5\data\pg_ident.confdelete file - 
  C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\7.5\data\PG_VERSIONdelete file - 
  C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\7.5\data\postgresql.confchild process was 
  terminated by signal 1initdb: failedinitdb: removing contents of data 
  directory "C:/Program 
  Files/PostgreSQL/7.5/data"=================================================
 
Note: I am use the local: chinese-simplified, and the encoding: 
  "EUC_CN".
 
After this error, I try set the enviroment variable TZ=CST, and run the 
  installer again, but the there is some exception raisen during the 
  installation, say,
0x0063e45b指令引用的0x00000000内存，该内存不能为"read"
when the exception raisen, the last line of the log file 
  is: 
 
selecting default max_connections ...
 
At the install end, the installer say
------------------------------------------------
Failed to run initdb: 1!
Please see the logfile in "C:\Program 
  files\PostgreSQL\7.5\tmp\initdb.log".
------------------------------------------------


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"Magnus Hagander" <mha@sollentuna.net>
Re: 7.5 devel initdb failure