Re: PostgreSQL crashes with Qmail-SQL

Jan Wieck <janwieck@yahoo.com>

From: Jan Wieck <janwieck@yahoo.com>
To: Michael Devogelaere <michael@digibel.be>
Cc: Jan Wieck <janwieck@yahoo.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2002-01-25T16:34:38Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Michael Devogelaere wrote:
> >
> >     The  crash he reported this time looks like a backend dumping
> >     core.  I wonder how he killed the postmaster  the  last  time
> >     and if he by doing it with -9 corrupted the database?
> He killed the database with -9, rebooted the machine, removed /var/lib/pgsql
> and created a new database from scratch. Then he populated the database again
> and ran the test again.

    So  you  did a new initdb? And then you got a core dump. Ewe,
    that doesn't seem right.

    The test case is still on your web page?  I  think  I  should
    download it and take a closer look.

> He doesn't have a Riksha or a Ferrari. But he would hate it if the doors
> fell of his Ferrari after opening and closing them a few times ;)

    That's the problem with Ferrari. What makes them expensive is
    that you need 3 cars. The Ferrari, a useful reliable one, and
    the car for the mechanic.


Jan

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