cloudfoundry / cloudfoundry/postgres-release
Ubuntu Resolute stemcell: Missing "postgres-17/bin/initdb" script
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Description
We've tried to deploy postgres-release 56.0.4 on the new bosh-aws-xen-hvm-ubuntu-resolute v0.148 stemcell. Postgres cannot start because the "initdb" script is missing:
database/3353d476-979d-48a8-87d1-605647ca6739:/var/vcap/sys/log/postgres# cat pre-start.stderr.log
[2026-09-18T07:28:44.362490892Z] 5841 -bash: line 1: /var/vcap/packages/postgres-17/bin/initdb: No such file or directory
It's probably related to the ICU library paths. Can you please check?
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Start by reproducing the postgres-release 56.0.4 deployment on the bosh-aws-xen-hvm-ubuntu-resolute v0.148 stemcell and inspect /var/vcap/sys/log/postgres/pre-start.stderr.log. Trace how /var/vcap/packages/postgres-17/bin/initdb is packaged and how its ICU library paths are resolved; done means initdb is present and PostgreSQL starts successfully on this stemcell.
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- postgresql, ubuntu
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- databases, operating-systems
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- Bug
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