| From: | "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Ideas for easier debugging of backend problems |
| Date: | 2005-11-01 18:17:42 |
| Message-ID: | 20051101181742.GZ20349@pervasive.com |
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On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 12:33:39PM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
> > 3. Add either a GUC or a command line switch or PGOPTION switch to
> > automatically invoke and attach gdb on certain types of error.
> > Obviously you can only do this where stdin, stdout and stderr have
> > not been redirected.
>
> Samba has a configuration parameter that allows you to set an arbitrary
> command as a "panic action" script. This can then be used to gather
> debugging information or prepare a bug report (see other thread). This
> also has the added flexibility that binary packagers can add extra
> information specific to their environment. It may be worthwhile to
> research whether we could do something similar.
TODO?
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