On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 10:15:54AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> writes:
> > Not that I know of. However, the first step is to add this regression
> > test for SIGFPE [-patches CCed].
>
> This seems completely pointless. The question is not about whether the
> SIGFPE catcher works when fired, it's about what conditions trigger it.
Well, depends how you look at it. The original bug report was about a
backend crash, which is what happens if you don't catch the SIGFPE. Can
we guarentee that we know every situation that might generate a SIGFPE?
Besides, isn't this what you were referring to here:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2006-04/msg00091.php
Otherwise we should just fix int4div.
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