Re: Recent SIGSEGV failures in buildfarm HEAD

From: Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Recent SIGSEGV failures in buildfarm HEAD
Date: 2006-12-29 17:32:44
Message-ID: 4595513C.9010704@kaltenbrunner.cc
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
>> I'm actually wondering if unlimiting core might not be a useful switch
>> to provide on pg_ctl, as long as the platform has setrlimit().
>
> Not a bad thought; that's actually one of the reasons that I still
> usually use a handmade script rather than pg_ctl for launching
> postmasters ...

this sounds like a good idea for me too - it seems like a cleaner and
more useful thing on a general base then just doing it in the buildfarm
code ...

Stefan

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