Re: initdb issue on 64-bit Windows - (Was: [pgsql-packagers] PG 9.6beta2 tarballs are ready)

On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
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> On 24 June 2016 at 10:28, Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 11:21 AM, Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com>
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>> >   * Launch a VS x86 command prompt
>> >   * devenv /debugexe bin\initdb.exe -D test
>> >   * Set a breakpoint in initdb.c:3557 and initdb.c:3307
>> >   * Run
>> >   * When it traps at get_restricted_token(), manually move the execution
>> > pointer over the setup of the restricted execution token by dragging &
>> > dropping the yellow instruction pointer arrow. Yes, really. Or, y'know,
>> > comment it out and rebuild, but I was working with a supplied binary.
>> >   * Continue until next breakpoint
>> >   * Launch process explorer and find the pid of the postgres child
>> > process
>> >   * Debug->attach to process, attach to the child postgres. This doesn't
>> > detach the parent, VS does multiprocess debugging.
>> >   * Continue execution
>> >   * vs will trap on the child when it crashes
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>> Do you think a crash dump could have been created by creating
>> crashdumps/ in PGDATA as part of initdb before this query is run?
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> The answer is "yes" btw. Add "crashdumps" to the static array of directories
> created by initdb and it works great.

As simple as attached..

> Sigh. It'd be less annoying if I hadn't written most of the original patch.

You mean the patch that created the crashdumps/ trick? This has saved
me a couple of months back to analyze a problem TBH.
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Michael