[ argh, hit send a bit too fast ] Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net> writes: > Also, how often does it actually happen that "random libraries linked > into the backend emit messages on stderr"? Is this really something > that we need to pay so much attention to, rather than just let them go > on stderr and have them be redirected?
Yes, this is an ABSOLUTE deal-breaker. To name two reasons: * glibc tells about various malloc-arena-corruption problems on stderr. * On a lot of systems you will not find out anything useful about dynamic-linker problems if you don't capture stderr. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers