Re: Fix for psql core dumping on bad user

Strange.  Maybe I haven't fully explored the problem then.  I would be
more then happy to supply a core file if you would like to analyze it.  I
also guess that I should have been more complete in my bug report.  I am
doing this on a RedHat 6.2 (Fully updated, Intel architecture) machine and
I have seen this behavior in the past several versions of PostgreSQL, but
just have now gotten around to doing something about it.  As far as how I
compile it, I usually use the roll rpms from the srpms that you create Tom?

I think I will go ahead and try it out on some other platforms later on
today ...

On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Tom Lane wrote:

> "D. Hageman" <dhageman@dracken.com> writes:
> > The postgresql interactive terminal will dump core on any script that is
> > run via the -f command line option if their exists a connect line without
> > a valid user.
>
> Curiously, I see no core dump here:
>
> $ cat zscript
> \connect - testuser
> $ psql -f zscript regression
> psql:zscript:1: \connect: FATAL 1:  user "testuser" does not exist
> $
>
> Nonetheless, the comment at the top of do_connect() says that it
> *should* terminate the program under these circumstances, so I'm not
> sure why it doesn't.  Peter?
>
>             regards, tom lane
>
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