Bug #658: psql does not start on cygwin

Karl Schaefer (karl(at)carnegietech(dot)org) reports a bug with a severity of 2
The lower the number the more severe it is.

Short Description
psql does not start on cygwin

Long Description
Setup:
Windows 2000 SP2
Cygwin 1.3.10
cygipc 1.10 or 1.11 not sure, couldn't find a way to determine which version.
postgresql 7.2.1
psql 7.2.1

when I type:
psql template1
I get the following response:
DEBUG: pq_recvbuf: unexpected EOF on client connection
DEBUG: incomplete startup packet
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Here is the dump:
Exception: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION at eip=6108D4A4
eax=10040422 ebx=10040422 ecx=0000006D edx=00000000 esi=0022FC98 edi=10040422
ebp=0022FC14 esp=0022FC08 program=C:\cygwin\bin\psql.exe
cs=001B ds=0023 es=0023 fs=003B gs=0000 ss=0023
Stack trace:
Frame Function Args
0022FC14 6108D4A4 (10040422, 00000000, 0000006D, 61033C93)
0022FC54 61033CB4 (00000003, 10040420, 0022FC98, 610529AF)
0022FDD4 6798287D (100403E0, 00000001, 100403E0, 6798319F)
0022FE04 67982549 (100403E0, 0040D45F, 0022FE44, 67981C70)
0022FE44 67981EE5 (00000000, 00000000, 00000000, 00000000)
0022FEB4 0040D8B5 (00000002, 61564B70, 10040278, 00000000)
0022FF10 61003F8E (00000000, 00000000, 10055808, 00000001)
0022FF40 61004282 (0040D620, 10055808, 81795020, BA200C70)
0022FF60 610042C1 (00000000, 00000000, 817951B0, 00000005)
0022FF90 00419FFB (0040D620, FFFFFFFF, 80430D77, 00000000)
0022FFC0 0040103D (10055808, 00229624, 7FFDF000, 00000000)
0022FFF0 77E8D326 (00401000, 00000000, 000000C8, 00000100)
End of stack trace

Thank you for any assistance that you might offer.

Karl

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