Re: Debugging extension with gdb?

>________________________________
> From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
>To: Paul Jones <pbj@cmicdo.com>
>Cc: "pgsql-general@postgresql.org" <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 9:13 AM
>Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Debugging extension with gdb?
>
>
>Paul Jones <pbj@cmicdo.com> writes:
>
>> Can someone point me to information on how to debug a Postgres extension
>> with gdb?
>
>I've noticed that on some platforms, it works better to attach gdb to the
>backend process before you load the extension, but on others, it works
>better to attach afterwards.  You might try the opposite procedure from
>whatever you were doing.  Other than that, it's mostly Just Worked for
>me on any remotely modern platform.  Be sure both the backend and the
>extension are compiled with -g, of course.
>
>            regards, tom lane

After I *carefully* re-read your mail, I realized that I did not have
the entire postgresql compiled with '-g'.  So I went back and re-built
all of it and, behold, I set and caught a breakpoint in the extension.

Thanks!
PJ