Re: initdb segfault - solaris 8

> > sjh(at)ucf(dot)ics(dot)uci(dot)edu writes:
> > > Here is the stack trace w/ --enable-debug
> >
> > > #0 0x81cd6ba in ValidateBinary (
> > > path=0x804718c "/pkg/postgresql-7.1.3/bin/postgres") at findbe.c:115
> >
> > Well, that narrows it down to a problem with the "struct group" returned
> > by getgrgid() ... but the code is correct according to the man page I
> > have here for getgrgid. You're going to have to dig further on your
> > own.
> >
> > FWIW, I'd still wonder about whether the definition of "struct group"
> > seen by Postgres agrees with what libc thinks.
>
> I think it's a bug in the solaris 8 LDAP NSS module that returns
> a null gr_mem. But, it's also poor form to use gr_mem before checking
> it...

You got us. :-) I have added code to check for a NULL return from
getgrgid().

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