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Re: Re: Proposed Windows-specific change: Enable crash dumps (like core files)

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
Cc: Craig Ringer <craig@postnewspapers.com.au>, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-12-17T15:17:02Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 12:08, Craig Ringer <craig@postnewspapers.com.au> wrote:
>> That might be a safer starting point than including the private process
>> memory, really.

> I'm not too happy with having a bunch of switches for it. People
> likely to tweak those can just install the debugger tools and use
> those, I think.

Yeah.

> So I'd be happy to have it enabled - given that we want a default.

There is absolutely nothing more frustrating than having a crash dump
that hasn't got the information you need.  Please turn it on by default.

			regards, tom lane