| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(dot)dunstan(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: intermittent failures in Cygwin from select_parallel tests |
| Date: | 2021-06-22 14:41:52 |
| Message-ID: | 1729436.1624372912@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> It's worth pointing out that Cygwin psql is built with readline, which
> makes it rather nicer to use than the Native builds. We still have this
> in configure.ac:
>
> # readline on MinGW has problems with backslashes in psql and other bugs.
> # This is particularly a problem with non-US code pages.
> # Therefore disable its use until we understand the cause. 2004-07-20
>
> I have no idea if it's still true. My msys2 system (fairywren) has
> readline installed. Assuming I disable this piece of code and build with
> readline, how would I test for the errors reported in 2004?
A bit of archive excavation turned up various contemporaneous reports:
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/6BCB9D8A16AC4241919521715F4D8BCE34BE7A%40algol.sollentuna.se
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/ca3pfg%2427tt%241%40news.hub.org
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/OFD583EA49.2F089C03-ONC1256E6A.002706B8-C1256E6A.002784FC%40flender.com
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/OF585C42B8.14897FF3-ONC1256EBC.0042A26E-C1256EBC.0042E23F%40flender.com
It's certainly possible that some or all of those problems are gone.
regards, tom lane
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