Re: [HACKERS] Backend crash in opr_sanity regression test.

Tom Lane wrote:
> 
> Keith Parks <emkxp01@mtcc.demon.co.uk> writes:
> > With the following query from the opr_sanity regression test I'm
> > getting a backend crash.
> > [ details snipped ]
> > This is on the latest CVS, although I believe it happened on earlier
> > snapshots.
> > Platform is SPARC/Linux Redhat 4.2 SPARCstation IPX.
> 
> FWIW, I saw a backend crash in opr_sanity in an otherwise reasonably
> successful attempt to build/test Postgres on SPARC/SunOS 4.1.4.  This
> was with REL6_4 CVS sources around the start of December.  I didn't have     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
It's probably caused by new HeapTuple stuff, but I didn't
put it in 6_4 branch...

> time to investigate it closely, but it does seem there's a platform-
> dependent problem lurking in there somewhere.  (Wonder if it could be
> specific to the SPARC hardware?)
> 
> Can any of the backend experts make any guesses from Keith's backtrace?

Vadim