[HACKERS] Postgres 8.3 archive_command

2007-11-21 Thread Rudolf van der Leeden
Hi, I just installed v8.3beta3 and discovered that the way WAL archiving is handled has changed. From postgresql.conf: #archive_mode = off # allows archiving to be done (change requires restart) #archive_command = '' # command to use to archive a logfile segment

[HACKERS] PG 8.3beta3 Segmentation Fault during Database Restore

2007-11-27 Thread Rudolf van der Leeden
Hi folks, I've been trying to test a backup/restore of our production database (26GB on disk) using PG 8.2.4 as backup and PG 8.3beta3 for the restore. FIRST TRY: pg_dump (v8.3beta3) --format=cthe PG 8.2.4 database OK pg_restore into a brandnew PG 8.3beta3 database

Re: [HACKERS] PG 8.3beta3 Segmentation Fault during Database Restore

2007-11-28 Thread Rudolf van der Leeden
It looks like a corrupted-data kind of problem. Can you extract a reproducible test case? The problem was the hardware!! On a second system (Mac Power G5) there was no failure, i.e. the error is not reproducible. Thanks for your help. Rudolf VanderLeeden ---(end o