Re: Making the regression tests halt to attach a debugger

From: Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)BlueTreble(dot)com>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)heroku(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Making the regression tests halt to attach a debugger
Date: 2015-05-19 23:13:45
Message-ID: 555BC3A9.1080807@BlueTreble.com
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On 5/18/15 12:15 PM, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> On 05/18/2015 01:05 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Meh. You could also add "select pg_backend_pid()" or some such.
>> But really, the way I generally do this is to run gdb via a script
>> that auto-attaches to the right postgres process if at all possible.
>> Removes the whole problem.
>>
>
> This should go on the wiki.

https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Gdblive_script; and linked from gdb
section of Developer FAQ.
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Jim Nasby, Data Architect, Blue Treble Consulting
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