Glyn Astill <glynastill(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
>> What ulimit settings are operative anyway? (ulimit -a
>> might tell you)
> deb:/usr/pgsql_src/postgresql-8.3.3/src/test/regress# ulimit -a
> core file size (blocks, -c) 0
Hmm, are you sure the core actually corresponds to your failure?
Because this says you've got core dumps turned off.
> stack size (kbytes, -s) 8192
The stack size rlimit looks normal, which makes a crash in this spot
look even less probable. I think maybe you are looking at a stale
corefile that doesn't quite correspond to this postgres executable.
regards, tom lane