Re: [PORTS] Port Bug Report: Problem in the src release 6.4.2 - runtime core dump - Mailing list pgsql-ports

From Thomas G. Lockhart
Subject Re: [PORTS] Port Bug Report: Problem in the src release 6.4.2 - runtime core dump
Date
Msg-id 36D21A50.27C13604@alumni.caltech.edu
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In response to Port Bug Report: Problem in the src release 6.4.2 - runtime core dump  (Unprivileged user <nobody>)
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Unprivileged user wrote:
>
> ============================================================================
>                         POSTGRESQL BUG REPORT TEMPLATE
> ============================================================================
>
> Your name               : Didier Willam
> Your email address      : wll@felix.tractebel.be
>
> Category                : install: other
> Severity                : critical
>
> Summary: Problem in the src release 6.4.2 - runtime core dump
>
> System Configuration
> --------------------
>   Operating System   : Linux RedHat 5.0 - egcs
>
>   PostgreSQL version : 6.0
>
>   Compiler used      : egcs
>
> Hardware:
> ---------
> P200 64Mb - 8Gb
>
> Versions of other tools:
> ------------------------
> RedHat5.0
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Problem Description:
> --------------------
> Hi,
> I rencently download your version of postgres (a great DB I insist!)
> postgresql-6.4.2.tar.gz
> First of all, I get a checksum error after the tar xvf
> (the gzip -d works correctly!)
> After configuring, I realised that the directory src/utils
> is missing from your distribution. After a few tries,
> I made a small C function which allow me to compile the all
> postgres but after a correct installation a get a core
> dump when starting the postmaster.

You have a damaged distribution. No real suggestions other than getting
an undamaged one.

                     - Tom

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