Here is the 'gdb for dummies' output from a psql core file. This time I did not even change databases during the
session,which I had thought was the root of the problem...
Thanks for any advice. I can easily recompile with debugging symbols if you'd like...
This GDB was configured as "i386--netbsd"...(no debugging symbols found)...
Core was generated by `psql'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
Reading symbols from /usr/libexec/ld.elf_so...(no debugging symbols found)...
done.
Reading symbols from /usr/pkg/lib/libpq.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...
done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libssl.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...
done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0...(no debugging symbols found)...
done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libz.so.0...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libcrypt.so.0...(no debugging symbols found)...
done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libresolv.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...
done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libm387.so.0...(no debugging symbols found)...
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libm.so.0...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libutil.so.5...(no debugging symbols found)...
done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libedit.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...
done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libtermcap.so.0...(no debugging symbols found)...
done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libc.so.12...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
#0 0x48235ba4 in __divdi3 ()
(gdb) bt
#0 0x48235ba4 in __divdi3 ()
#1 0x48235f38 in free ()
#2 0x4822b0f8 in fclose ()
#3 0x481b0a67 in history_end ()
#4 0x481b0e3d in history ()
#5 0x481af258 in write_history ()
#6 0x804e3cf in finishInput ()
#7 0x48227930 in exit ()
#8 0x804a35b in ___start ()
(gdb) quit
bash-2.05$
Ian A. Harding
Programmer/Analyst II
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department
(253) 798-3549
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