Re: BUG #5846: Segfault Postgresql Built with --lib-libedit-preferred

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #5846: Segfault Postgresql Built with --lib-libedit-preferred
Date: 2011-01-25 00:12:12
Message-ID: 28330.1295914332@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"David E. Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> writes:
> Oh. I've probably complained to them myself. First noticed it quite some time ago. Anyone got a test case that doesn't involve building PostgreSQL?

Per the prior discussion, all you need is an example where there are
exactly 9 + 10*N (N>=0) possible completions. I haven't tried, but if
their shell uses libedit you could probably provoke a coredump with a
command-line TAB in a suitably-set-up directory, no test case code at all.

regards, tom lane

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