Re: [bug fix] Produce a crash dump before main() on Windows - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [bug fix] Produce a crash dump before main() on Windows
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Msg-id 10933.1573403074@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [bug fix] Produce a crash dump before main() on Windows  (Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>)
Responses Re: [bug fix] Produce a crash dump before main() on Windows  (Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>)
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Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> writes:
> On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 06:03:08PM +0800, Craig Ringer wrote:
>> I had to go hunt around with Dependency Walker to figure out the actual
>> missing DLL the last time I had to deal with this.

> Ahah.  Yes, That's exactly what I used a couple of years back on that.
> These errors are hard to track and find.

I feel the pain on this --- indirect dependencies are not well reported
on any platform that I deal with :-(.  Still, I'm having a hard time
convincing myself that this patch is a good idea.  It seems very likely
that it will break some startup scenarios, and the incremental benefit
in error reporting seems marginal.

            regards, tom lane



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