Re: FW: getting a crash during initdb

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>
To: Merlin Moncure <merlin(dot)moncure(at)rcsonline(dot)com>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: FW: getting a crash during initdb
Date: 2004-04-26 17:02:38
Message-ID: 20040426170238.GA28235@dcc.uchile.cl
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On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 11:37:37AM -0400, Merlin Moncure wrote:
> > I have no idea what caused the pg_depend stuff to crash.
>
> The AV is in postgres.exe following the first SQL call in
> setup_depend(). The problem is not in initdb (it hasn't changed) but
> something in the backend. Changing the SQL statement made no
> difference: I'd venture a guess that postgres.exe crashes when *any*
> statement is sent to it. About 20 files have changed since my last
> initdb; I have a list. Forced initdb + initdb crash = nasty bug, even
> if it's just the cvs version (specific only to windows?).

I've initdb'd more than twenty times with CVS tip code, so it would seem
to be Windows-specific.

Are you sure you're using a clean build and a really current checkout?

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Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>)
"El miedo atento y previsor es la madre de la seguridad" (E. Burke)

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