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From: Peter Eisentraut <[email protected]>
To: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
To: Robert Haas <[email protected]>
Cc: Andres Freund <[email protected]>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: backtrace_on_internal_error
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2023 12:11:59 +0100
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On 19.12.23 17:29, Tom Lane wrote:
> IMO, we aren't really going to get a massive payoff from this with
> the current backtrace output; it's just not detailed enough.  It's
> better than nothing certainly, but to really move the goalposts
> we'd need something approaching gdb's "bt full" output.  I wonder
> if it'd be sane to try to auto-invoke gdb.  That's just blue sky
> for now, though.  In the meantime, I agree with the proposal as it
> stands (that is, auto-backtrace on any XX000 error).  We'll soon find
> out whether it's useless, or needs more detail to be really helpful,
> or is just right as it is.  Once we have some practical experience
> with it, we can course-correct as needed.

Based on this, I have committed my original patch.







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