Re: psql: core dumped

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>

From: "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew@dunslane.net>
To: "Mario" <gonzalemario@gmail.com>
Cc: "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e@gmx.net>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2006-12-19T23:26:21Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Mario wrote:
> On 20/12/06, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
>> Mario wrote:
>> >  When psql is running and CRTL + \ is pressed, a core dumped show up.
>> > In first place I ran psql into gdb, saw the backtrace and I believed
>> > it was a libc6 bug and I reported to my distro security team
>> > https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/glibc/+bug/76437
>>
>> This isn't a bug.  It's working as designed.
>>
>
>    Even if you get a core dumped every time you press CTRL+\  ?  why?
>

This normally a SIGQUIT, and on my machine at least the default action for
that is a core dump. Perhaps you need to say what you are trying to do and
why.

cheers

andrew