Re: Ideas for easier debugging of backend problems - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Christopher Kings-Lynne
Subject Re: Ideas for easier debugging of backend problems
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Msg-id 43681445.4070908@familyhealth.com.au
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In response to Re: Ideas for easier debugging of backend problems  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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What about the Google Core Dumper? :)

http://sourceforge.net/projects/goog-coredumper/

Chris

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
> 
>>3. Add either a GUC or a command line switch or PGOPTION switch  to
>>automatically invoke and attach gdb on certain types of error.
>>Obviously you can only do this where stdin, stdout and stderr have
>>not been redirected.
> 
> 
> Samba has a configuration parameter that allows you to set an arbitrary 
> command as a "panic action" script.  This can then be used to gather 
> debugging information or prepare a bug report (see other thread).  This 
> also has the added flexibility that binary packagers can add extra 
> information specific to their environment.  It may be worthwhile to 
> research whether we could do something similar.
> 



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