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  1. RE: [HACKERS] VACUUM ANALYZE problem on linux

    Dan Gowin <dgowin@avantec.net> — 1999-02-24T19:30:11Z

    What user ID are you using? Are you "su"ing over
    the the postgres user ID.
    
    Also, make sure all of the environment variables
    are exported in the script. PGPORT, PGUSER, etc...
    
    D.
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us]
    Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 1:35 PM
    To: phd2@earthling.net
    Cc: PostgreSQL-development
    Subject: Re: [HACKERS] VACUUM ANALYZE problem on linux 
    
    
    Oleg Broytmann <phd@sun.med.ru> writes:
    > 3. Run postmaster -b -D/usr/local/pgsql/data -o -Fe -S (to detach it)
    >    and run VACUUM ANALYZE - worked
    >    (I took these parameters from script /etc/init.d/postgres)
    > 4. Run /etc/init.d/postgres start
    >    and run VACUUM ANALYZE - failed, no core file.
    
    So there is something different about the environment of your postmaster
    when it's started by init.d versus when it's started by hand.  Now you
    just have to figure out what.
    
    I thought of environment variables, ulimit settings,
    ownership/permission settings ... but it's not clear why any of these
    would affect VACUUM in particular yet leave you able to do other stuff
    successfully.  Puzzling.
    
    			regards, tom lane
    
    
  2. RE: [HACKERS] VACUUM ANALYZE problem on linux

    Oleg Broytmann <phd@sun.med.ru> — 1999-02-25T08:58:08Z

    Hello!
    
    On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Dan Gowin wrote:
    > What user ID are you using? Are you "su"ing over
    > the the postgres user ID.
    
       But of course!
    
    > Also, make sure all of the environment variables
    > are exported in the script. PGPORT, PGUSER, etc...
    
       I want to remind you and all who watch the thread: I have the problem
    on 3 different glibc2 linucies - heavily modified Debain 2.0, newly
    installed Debain 2.0 and modified RedHat 5.1. I have no problem with
    sparc-solaris, and I have a report from Tom Lane he has no problem with
    HP-UX.
       IWB interesting to test libc5-linux...
    
    > D.
    > 
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us]
    > Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 1:35 PM
    > To: phd2@earthling.net
    > Cc: PostgreSQL-development
    > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] VACUUM ANALYZE problem on linux 
    > 
    > 
    > Oleg Broytmann <phd@sun.med.ru> writes:
    > > 3. Run postmaster -b -D/usr/local/pgsql/data -o -Fe -S (to detach it)
    > >    and run VACUUM ANALYZE - worked
    > >    (I took these parameters from script /etc/init.d/postgres)
    > > 4. Run /etc/init.d/postgres start
    > >    and run VACUUM ANALYZE - failed, no core file.
    > 
    > So there is something different about the environment of your postmaster
    > when it's started by init.d versus when it's started by hand.  Now you
    > just have to figure out what.
    > 
    > I thought of environment variables, ulimit settings,
    > ownership/permission settings ... but it's not clear why any of these
    > would affect VACUUM in particular yet leave you able to do other stuff
    > successfully.  Puzzling.
    > 
    > 			regards, tom lane
    > 
    
    Oleg.
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