Re: BUG #5862: Postgres dumps core upon a connection attempt

Apologies for lack of detail. Although I've been using Postgres for
years, this is the first time I've had such an issue.

Build options were only --with-perl and --with-python

Below is the output when two different applications attempt to connect
to my 9.0.3 server (note, the second is psql itself):

[root(at)infinity postgres]# /etc/init.d/archiveopteryx start
Starting Archiveopteryx: aox: Couldn't connect to PostgreSQL. (on
backend 1)
/etc/init.d/archiveopteryx: line 24: 4240 Segmentation
fault /usr/local/archiveopteryx/bin/aox start
done.

[postgres(at)infinity scripts]$ psql template1
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Kevin suggested doing a 'make check'. I did so, and it ended with the
following:

mkdir ./testtablespace
./pg_regress --inputdir=. --dlpath=. --multibyte=SQL_ASCII
--temp-install=./tmp_check --top-builddir=../../..
--schedule=./parallel_schedule
make[2]: *** [check] Segmentation fault (core dumped)
make[2]: Leaving directory
`/usr/local/src/postgresql-9.0.3/src/test/regress'
make[1]: *** [check] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/postgresql-9.0.3/src/test'
make: *** [check] Error 2

Also, my server doesn't seem to be logging anything, either (although
I'm using the same configuration and start script as 9.0.2)

Lastly, I don't see any 'core' files in the places I would expect.
If/when I find them, I can send along.

- Matt

On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 15:56 -0600, Kevin Grittner wrote:
> "Matt Zinicola" wrote:
>
> > PostgreSQL version: 9.0.3
> > Operating system: Linux (Fedora 14, kernel 2.6.35-10-74), 64-bit
> > Description: Postgres dumps core upon a connection attempt
> > Details:
> >
> > A simple compile from source and install (as per usual) on Fedora
> > 14 yielded crashes of client applications attempting to connect.
> >
> > I first observed this with archiveopeteryx. As a sanity check, I
> > then attempted a connection with psql itself, which also crashed.
> >
> > Please let me know if further information is needed.
>
> Build options? Error messages? Contents of log files? Backtrace
> from the core file you mentioned?
>
> -Kevin