Re: [PORTS] Port Bug Report: connecting with psql v. 6.4.2 kill 6.5 backend!

Hmmm...

/etc/profiles was not world readable, for some odd reason. Now it works
like a charm...:)

Forget this report!

Thanks
Palle

Unprivileged user wrote:
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> ============================================================================
> POSTGRESQL BUG REPORT TEMPLATE
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>
> Your name : Palle Girgensohn
> Your email address : girgen(at)partitur(dot)se
>
> Category : runtime: back-end
> Severity : critical
>
> Summary: connecting with psql v. 6.4.2 kill 6.5 backend!
>
> System Configuration
> --------------------
> Operating System : FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE
>
> PostgreSQL version : 6.5
>
> Compiler used : gcc-2.7.2.1
>
> Hardware:
> ---------
> pentium 128 MB,
> FreeBSD stordatan.palle.se 3.2-STABLE FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE #0: Thu Jul 8 05:41:27 CEST 1999 root(at)stordatan(dot)palle(dot)se:/usr/src/sys/compile/PALLE3 i386
>
> Versions of other tools:
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> gmake...
>
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> Problem Description:
> --------------------
> When connecting to the a 6.5 postmaster from another host
> with 6.4.2 installed, the backend dies:
>
> ERROR: postmaster: getprotobyname failed
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>
> a backtrace from gdb:
> (gdb) bt
> #0 0x281d0b23 in siglongjmp () from /usr/lib/libc.so.3
>
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> Test Case:
> ----------
> install & run postgres 6.4.2 on one machine
> install & run postgres 6.5 on another
>
> pg-6.4.2$ psql -h pg-6.5
>
> BOOM
>
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>
> Solution:
> ---------
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