Re: [HACKERS] Error messages crash backend

> Some time in the last 48 hours, a problem was introduced that causes
> any attempt at an error message to crash the backend:
>
> | barsoom:tih> createdb
> | barsoom:tih> psql
> | Welcome to the POSTGRESQL interactive sql monitor:
> |   Please read the file COPYRIGHT for copyright terms of POSTGRESQL
> |
> |    type \? for help on slash commands
> |    type \q to quit
> |    type \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
> |  You are currently connected to the database: tih
> |
> | tih=> dfsasdfa;
> | pqReadData() -- backend closed the channel unexpectedly.
> |         This probably means the backend terminated abnormally before
> | or while processing the request.
> | We have lost the connection to the backend, so further processing is
> | impossible.  Terminating.
> | barsoom:tih>
>
> I did 'gmake distclean', 'cvs update', 'configure', 'gmake all',
> 'gmake install', 'initdb', 'postmaster -i -S' and 'createuser tih'
> just before what's logged above, so it was in a pristine environment.

Very strange.  I have made some backend function parameter fixes, but
that should not change anything.

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