Re: bug in windows xp

From: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org, Magnus Hagander <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>, Wang Haiyong <wanghaiyong(at)neusoft(dot)com>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: bug in windows xp
Date: 2006-04-19 14:38:17
Message-ID: 20060419143817.GJ15420@svana.org
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On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 10:15:54AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> writes:
> > Not that I know of. However, the first step is to add this regression
> > test for SIGFPE [-patches CCed].
>
> This seems completely pointless. The question is not about whether the
> SIGFPE catcher works when fired, it's about what conditions trigger it.

Well, depends how you look at it. The original bug report was about a
backend crash, which is what happens if you don't catch the SIGFPE. Can
we guarentee that we know every situation that might generate a SIGFPE?

Besides, isn't this what you were referring to here:

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2006-04/msg00091.php

Otherwise we should just fix int4div.
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to litigate.

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