Package: libnss-pgsql1 Version: 1.3 Severity: important When our PostgreSQL server is not available, commands like 'id root' hang. The only output is "Could not connect to database". Unfortunately, libnss-pgsql1 doesn't terminate after that but hangs.
We tried to debug the problem a little but just 'id root' calls _nss_pgsql_setgrent() trying to open the database connection (with open_backend()), which fails. After that it still tries _nss_pgsql_getgrent_r() which detects that the backend is not open and tries to open it (just in case). For this it calls _nss_pgsql_setgrent(). Since _nss_pgsql_getgrent_r() acquires a lock and _nss_pgsql_setgrent() tries to acquire the same lock it ends in a deadlock - it hangs. Shouldn't nss have noticed after the first call of _nss_pgsql_setgrent() that the database is unavailable? Any help is much appreciated. If you need some more debug info don't hesitate to ask. Yours Micha -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-1-386 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages libnss-pgsql1 depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libpq3 7.4.7-6sarge1 PostgreSQL C client library -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
