Re: [HACKERS] Broken PostgreSQL (latest CVS)

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: jwieck(at)debis(dot)com
Cc: emkxp01(at)mtcc(dot)demon(dot)co(dot)uk, hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Broken PostgreSQL (latest CVS)
Date: 1998-08-20 15:33:11
Message-ID: 199808201533.LAA26697@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Looks like the tuple desctiptor given to index_formtuple() is
> corrupted somewhere before the call to memmove() in
> DataFill() line 208.
>
> I think it must have happened inside of DataFill() or
> something DataFill() called, because at the time of failure,
> the on-stack variable tupleDescriptor of index_formtuple()
> looks still good - so I assume index_formtuple() handed the
> correct value to DataFill() at line 78 and it has been
> corrupted after.
>
> BTW: I love gdb.

This is happening during initdb? Hope the new code fixes that.

BTW, it does pass the regression tests on my machine, so I figured
it was safe.

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