Re: [PATCHES] file too large, segmentation fault

On Sun, Nov 23, 2003 at 10:51:10PM -0500, Anjan Dave wrote:
> Hi All:
>
> I am trying to restore a database on a different machine (7.2.3 on Sol9 to 7.2.4 RH8), and i get the following error, that i haven't seen before:
>
> -bash-2.05b$ pg_restore -d access -Ft -a access.dump.tar
> pg_restore: [tar archiver] could not open TOC file for input: File too large
> Segmentation fault
> -bash-2.05b$
>
> -bash-2.05b$ ls -l
> total 2339148
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2323785216 Nov 23 22:43 access.dump.tar

The problem is that your file is over 2 GB, your OS/libc has a
problem opening such big files (using fopen()).

Try cat access.dump.tar | pg_restore -d access -Ft -a

> I read somewhere that there's a patch for this:
> http://dbforums.com/arch/173/2003/1/675653
>
> Will this patch fix it? Where do i get it from and how do i apply it?

The patch only fixed that "segmentation fault", not the "File too
large".

Kurt