Which definition of Haar measure is correct?

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I have encountered several different definitions of left Haar measure that don't all seem to agree.

The setting I care about is Locally Compact Groups.

The first seems to completely disagree with the other two with the regularity dispute.

$\bf{\text{Which definition is correct? or are they all correct in different contexts?}}$

Let $G$ be a locally compact group, and by a measure I mean a Borel measure.


$\bf{\text{Definition 1:}}$

On Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haar_measure

A left Haar measure is a non-zero measure $\mu$ on $G$ such that

(i) $\mu(K) < \infty$ for compact $K$

(ii) $\mu$ is left $G$-invariant

(iii) $\mu$ is outer regular on Borel sets

(iv) $\mu$ is inner regular on open Borel sets

(And then an example is given to show that $\mu$ need not be inner regular on all Borel sets!)


$\bf{\text{Definition 2:}}$

Supplied in an answer: Why are Haar measures finite on compact sets?

A left Haar measure is a non-zero measure $\mu$ on $G$ such that

(i) $\mu$ is regular

(ii) $\mu > 0$ on open sets.

(iii) $\mu < \infty$ on compact sets.

(iv) $\mu$ is left $G$-invariant


$\bf{\text{Definition 3:}}$

Given in an appendix to a book.

A left Haar measure is a non-zero measure $\mu$ on $G$ such that

(i) $\mu$ is regular

(ii) $\mu$ is left $G$-invariant.

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The first two are equivalent and both correct. The third one requires finite-ness on compact sets. Positivity on open sets follows from local compactness of $G$ and non-triviality of $\mu$.