Glyn Astill <glynastill@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> What ulimit settings are operative anyway? (ulimit -a >> might tell you) > deb:/usr/pgsql_src/postgresql-8.3.3/src/test/regress# ulimit -a > core file size (blocks, -c) 0 Hmm, are you sure the core actually corresponds to your failure? Because this says you've got core dumps turned off. > stack size (kbytes, -s) 8192 The stack size rlimit looks normal, which makes a crash in this spot look even less probable. I think maybe you are looking at a stale corefile that doesn't quite correspond to this postgres executable. regards, tom lane
