Re: 8.0 Beta-5 Linux PSQL Endless loop -- Followup

From: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>
To: Michael Owens <mikeowens(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-bugs <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: 8.0 Beta-5 Linux PSQL Endless loop -- Followup
Date: 2004-11-30 04:13:05
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On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 17:10 -0600, Michael Owens wrote:
> This problem seems to be related to the .psql_history file. If I
> delete the file, the problem does not occur and psql starts up fine.
> However, when I run psql again (after the previous session had
> generated a .psql_history file), the problem occurs.

Reading from .psql_history is implemented via libreadline, so I suspect
something is awry with your readline install. What version of readline
are you using?

-Neil

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