Re: BUG #7955: argv=0x0 on program start

On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 12:12:49PM +0000, dweber(at)htw-saarland(dot)de wrote:
> My program compiled with system compiler gcc-4.2.1 and ecpg from PostgreSQL
> version 9.2.3 terminates by receiving SIGSEGV. The gdb debugger shows
> argv=0x0 (see below). On PostgreSQL version 8.4.16 it runs without trouble.
>
> Debugger output:
> b$ gdb bin/prog prog.core
> GNU gdb 6.1.1 [FreeBSD]
> ...
> Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
> ...
> #0 0x08048eec in main (argc=-1077949560, argv=0x0) at prog.pgc:87
> 87 {

Hmm, this looks like the program didn't even start. Honestly I fail to see how
this could be a bug in PostgreSQL. Are the libraries and the program compiled
with threading enabled? What happens if you use a very small test case instead
of your program?

Michael
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