Re: initdb issue on 64-bit Windows - (Was: [pgsql-packagers] PG 9.6beta2 tarballs are ready)

On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 11:21 AM, Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> * Launch a VS x86 command prompt
> * devenv /debugexe bin\initdb.exe -D test
> * Set a breakpoint in initdb.c:3557 and initdb.c:3307
> * Run
> * When it traps at get_restricted_token(), manually move the execution
> pointer over the setup of the restricted execution token by dragging &
> dropping the yellow instruction pointer arrow. Yes, really. Or, y'know,
> comment it out and rebuild, but I was working with a supplied binary.
> * Continue until next breakpoint
> * Launch process explorer and find the pid of the postgres child process
> * Debug->attach to process, attach to the child postgres. This doesn't
> detach the parent, VS does multiprocess debugging.
> * Continue execution
> * vs will trap on the child when it crashes

Do you think a crash dump could have been created by creating
crashdumps/ in PGDATA as part of initdb before this query is run?
--
Michael