[postgis-users] Crasher in rc2

[Rod Taylor]

On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 17:06 +0100, Markus Schaber wrote:
> Hi, Rod,
> 
> Rod Taylor schrieb:
> > The below looks silly, but an export / import of an old view created the
> > translated format. Either way, it probably should crash the database.
> > 
> > bric=# select
> > '0103000000010000000500000000000000008066C000000000008066C0000000000080664000000000008066C00000000000806640000000000080664000000000008066C0000000000080664000000000008066C000000000008066C0'::bric_extension.geometry;
> > server closed the connection unexpectedly
> >         This probably means the server terminated abnormally
> >         before or while processing the request.
> > The connection to the server was lost. Attempting reset: Failed.
> 
> This works for me with a rather fresh CVS checkout. So it could either
> be fixed (could you try RC3?), or a platform dependend problem. Which
> architecture and OS do you use?

FreeBSD 5.3 for AMD64. I used the version located in the ports tree.

Upgrading to a newer version at this time is not easily possible, but I
will do so eventually.

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