On my system signal 4 is SIGILL (Illegal instruction), maybe you're
triggering a compiler error. Can you run the backend under gdb or get a
core file to see where it's dying. Trying it compiled with gcc would be
a good test too...
On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 04:27:18PM +0100, frederic.germaneau@bull.net wrote:
> hi!
>
> I am testing postgreSQL 8.0 rc1 compiled with xlc on AIX5.2.
>
> I'm trying to create an index on a 4 500 000 raws table and postmaster
> recieves signal 4.
>
> what can I do to resolve it?
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