Re: psql crashes with bad history file in 9.0.3

From: John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>
To: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: psql crashes with bad history file in 9.0.3
Date: 2011-03-22 20:56:48
Message-ID: 4D890D10.8030302@hogranch.com
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On 03/22/11 1:40 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:
> All,
>
> At two sites I'm not allowed to share data from (grrr), I've encountered
> core dumps of psql. In once case the core dump happens as soon as you
> run any query. In the second case, it occurs when you exit.
>
> What both sites have in common is that there's something screwy about
> the .psql_history file. In the first case, moving the history file
> fixed the issue. In the second case, the shell user has messed up
> permissions on their home dir and can't save the history file.
>
> I'd never encountered this before 9.0.3. Both sites are RHEL.
>
> Hopefully I'll run into it somewhere I can do a stack trace ...

sounds like a readline problem

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