Re: [HACKERS] pg_dump - segfault with -z option

I have very simple database without triggers and also see
20:10[mira]:~/tmp>pg_dump -z guta > qq
Segmentation fault

Database = guta
+---------------------+----------------------------------------+
| Relation | Grant/Revoke Permissions |
+---------------------+----------------------------------------+
| groups | {"=","megera=arwR","er=r","httpd=arw"} |
| groups_pkey | |
| status | {"=","megera=arwR","er=r","httpd=arw"} |
| status_pkey | |
| stidx_status_id | |
| ugmidx_group_id | |
| ugmidx_user_id | |
| user_group_map | {"=","megera=arwR","er=r","httpd=arw"} |
| user_group_map_pkey | |
| users | {"=","megera=arwR","er=r","httpd=arw"} |
| users_pkey | |
|

Regards,

Oleg

On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Tom Lane wrote:

> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 11:25:46 -0500
> From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
> To: auer(at)kom(dot)id(dot)ethz(dot)ch
> Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] pg_dump - segfault with -z option
>
> Karl Auer <auer(at)kom(dot)id(dot)ethz(dot)ch> writes:
> > When I use the "-z" option (dump permissions)when dumping a database I
> > have, I get a segfault and no output.
>
> Are you on Postgres 6.4? I recall fixing several nasty problems with
> permissions in pg_dump between 6.3.2 and 6.4.
>
> If you are on 6.4, could you use gdb or something to get a backtrace
> showing exactly where pg_dump dies?
>
> FWIW, I currently use -z routinely, but my database is probably even
> simpler than yours ... no triggers, for example. My guess is pg_dump
> doesn't work for permissions attached to a trigger, or something along
> that line.
>
> regards, tom lane
>

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