Re: macOS Ventura won't generate core dumps

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: macOS Ventura won't generate core dumps
Date: 2024-04-09 19:57:28
Message-ID: CA+TgmoZnrjfthCouZ+JSQg2=wLLok+Qu4MQp+3=rcDeTyt5N4A@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 3:44 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Works for me on Sonoma 14.4.1 and Ventura 13.6.6, and has done
> in many versions before those.
>
> The usual gotchas apply: you need to have started the postmaster
> under "ulimit -c unlimited", and the /cores directory has to be
> writable by whatever user the postmaster is running as. I have
> occasionally seen system updates reduce the privileges on /cores,
> although not recently.

Interesting. I'm on Ventura 13.6.2. I think I've checked all of the
stuff you mention, but I'll do some more investigation.

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Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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