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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Yiqing Jin <yiqing.jin@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: segfault when creating index on huge table
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Yiqing Jin <yiqing.jin@gmail.com> writes:
> Yes it finished successfully after changing it to 50G!

OK.  That's only a workaround of course.  I believe the actual problem
is explained here:
http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/25168.1437091531@sss.pgh.pa.us
If you need a fix before the next minor releases, see
http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=b8f368276916b677f0678982e81723fe30e5c582

			regards, tom lane


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