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RE: LANG=1033


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Michael Hipp
> Sent: 16 November 2004 18:48

> I just did a fresh install on a WinXP SP2 system. After PostgreSQL 
> refused to run 'initdb' with some error like "1033 is an invalid 
> parameter", I noticed that it has LANG=1033 in the environment. I 
> checked several other Cygwin installations and none of them 
> even have a 
> LANG variable.
> 
> Doing 'export LANG=' allowed initdb to run, but I'm wondering 
> how I got 
> this LANG variable and if I should get rid of it? And where 
> to get rid 
> of it?

  It's an MS Office parameter.  Since you don't want to delete it from your main
environment but only from the cygwin environment, maybe do so in /etc/profile?

    cheers, 
      DaveK
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