Re: Hung postmaster (8.3.9)

"Ed L." <pgsql@bluepolka.net> writes:
> #4  0x0000000000531ee8 in next_token (fp=0x10377ae0, buf=0x7fff32230e60 "", bufsz=4096) at hba.c:128
> #5  0x0000000000532233 in tokenize_file (filename=0x10359b70 "global", file=0x10377ae0, lines=0x7fff322310f8,
line_nums=0x7fff322310f0)at hba.c:232 
> #6  0x00000000005322e9 in tokenize_file (filename=0x2b1c8cbf5800 "global/pg_auth", file=0x103767a0, lines=0x98b168,
line_nums=0x98b170)at hba.c:358 
> #7  0x00000000005327ff in load_role () at hba.c:959

Now that I look more closely at those line numbers, it looks like the
thing thinks it is processing an include file.  Are there any @ signs
in your global/pg_auth file?

            regards, tom lane