Re: BUG #5862: Postgres dumps core upon a connection attempt

As far as the configure options -- Originally, they were merely --with-perl and
--with-python, but just to rule out problems there, I've since just been going
with a straight compile (not additional options).

I will get the backtrace, etc. within the next hour or so. Thanks!

- Matt

Quoting Craig Ringer <craig(at)postnewspapers(dot)com(dot)au>:

> On 03/02/11 11:11, Matt Zinicola wrote:
>
> OK, it doesn't seem to be a simple problem of linking to the wrong
> library then. psql is linking to the correct libpq. initdb isn't linking
> to anything much at all, but still crashes for no apparent reason.
> Something else may be going on. Please supply the full command line you
> used to "./configure" when compiling postgres. If you're not sure what
> it was, you can find it in the top of "config.log" in your compile
> directory.
>
> Is there any chance you can get us a backtrace of one of the crashing
> programs? Try this:
>
> gdb --args psql
>
> Once it loads, it'll drop you to a
>
> (gdb)
>
> prompt. Enter "run" then press enter.
>
> (gdb) run
>
> Psql will then load for a while, crash, and drop you back to a (gdb)
> prompt after printing out a message like:
>
> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
>
> Enter the "bt" command at the (gdb) prompt and press enter.
>
> (gdb) bt
>
> ... then copy and paste everything from "gdb --args psql" through to the
> end of the output printed by "bt", put it on http://pastebin.com/ and
> send a link to that in your reply email here.
>
> I've created a sample to give you the idea, by starting psql then
> intentionally crashing it by sending it a manual SIGSEGV. See:
>
> http://pastebin.com/b8D9i2tb
>
>
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