[mapserver-dev] Mapserver from commandline hanging

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I'm trying to run 'mapserv' from commandline to test
some parameters more quickly, but surprisingly it hangs
deep in libpq for unknown reasons.

The *same* executable, with the *same* mapfile runs fine
if invoked by apache (CGI).

GDB reports the hanging being deep in libpq:

  [Wed Feb 17 18:21:35 2010].616193 msWMSLoadGetMapParams(): enabling non-square pixels.
  [Wed Feb 17 18:21:35 2010].617987 msDrawMap(): kicking into non-square pixel preserving mode.
  ^C
  Program received signal SIGINT, Interrupt.
  0xffffe430 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
  (gdb) bt
  #0  0xffffe430 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
  #1  0xb70c366b in poll () from /lib/libc.so.6
  #2  0xb73e87f5 in pqSocketCheck () from /usr/lib/libpq.so.5
  #3  0xb73e88ea in pqWaitTimed () from /usr/lib/libpq.so.5
  #4  0xb73e3a96 in connectDBComplete () from /usr/lib/libpq.so.5
  #5  0xb73e46a5 in PQconnectdb () from /usr/lib/libpq.so.5
  #6  0x081341ea in msPostGISLayerOpen ()
  - Wed Feb 17 18:23:48 CET 2010 -

Attempts to connect (using the data in the CONNECTION string) from the
same shell I run 'mapserv' succeed with no problems.

I tried with mapserver-5.4.2 and mapserver-trunk-9796 with same results.

Any idea ?

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