Re: pg_dump Crashes and core dumps

Shibashish <shiba(at)it(dot)iitb(dot)ac(dot)in> writes:
> When i do a "pg_dump test" it works fine.
> But When i do a "pg_dump working" I get "Segmentation fault (core dumped)"

Olivier Prenant just found a problem that could lead to pg_dump trouble
with any database using PL languages. Try the attached patch and see if
it fixes your problem.

regards, tom lane

*** src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c.orig Thu Apr 24 22:28:22 2003
--- src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c Sat May 3 18:09:51 2003
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*** 3591,3597 ****
resetPQExpBuffer(delqry);

/* Make a dependency to ensure function is dumped first */
! deps = malloc(sizeof(char *) * (2 + (strcmp(lanvalidator, "0") != 0) ? 1 : 0));
depIdx = 0;

(*deps)[depIdx++] = strdup(lanplcallfoid);
--- 3591,3597 ----
resetPQExpBuffer(delqry);

/* Make a dependency to ensure function is dumped first */
! deps = malloc(sizeof(char *) * 10);
depIdx = 0;

(*deps)[depIdx++] = strdup(lanplcallfoid);