Re: postgresql 8.2 rc1 - crash

While I'm downloading your file, pls, do follow:
gdb /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres your_core_file

If it's needed, change path to postgres file.

In gdb, type
# bt
and send output

hubert depesz lubaczewski wrote:
> hi,
> i have been testing 8.2 rc1, while i got this problem.
>
> base data:
> linux, 32bit, kernel: 2.6.18.3 <http://2.6.18.3>; debian
> postgresql version:
> PostgreSQL 8.2rc1 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc (GCC) 3.3.5
> (Debian 1:3.3.5-13)
> problematic table is over 2gigabytes in size, and has several indices -
> one of them is gin-index.
>
> problem:
> when i issue vacuum full verbose analyze it works, but then crashes with
> signal 11.
> always in the same situation.
>
> i was not able to check what is the reason.
> i did:
> recompile with debug, set ulimit -c unlimited, and rerun the query.
> it crashed.
> i bundled:
> 1. logs
> 2. core file
> 3. config of postgresql
> 4. saved output of vacuum
> all of this can be fetched from:
> http://depesz.com/various/crash.data.tar.bz2
> unfortunatelly i'm not c programmer, so i dont know gdb, but i hope you
> will be ab le to make any sense out of it.
>
> the bz2 file is > 20mb in size.
>
> any help? is it hardware problem? or a missed bug in code?
>
> if i can provide you with more information - please tell me what i
> should tell you.
>
> depesz
>
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