Re: Function keys cause psql to segfault

From: Douglas McNaught <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org>
To: CSN <cool_screen_name90001(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: Klint Gore <kg(at)kgb(dot)une(dot)edu(dot)au>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: Function keys cause psql to segfault
Date: 2005-09-26 15:20:29
Message-ID: m2irwn6eki.fsf@Douglas-McNaughts-Powerbook.local
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CSN <cool_screen_name90001(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:

> Hmm, in putty (Terminal->Keyboard) I changed "the
> function keys and keypad" from "ESC[n~" to "Linux".
> Hitting F1-5 in psql outputs "ABCDE" - no segfaults!
> Setting it to "Xterm R6" also results in function keys
> 1-4 causing segfaults (there are also options for
> "VT400", "VT100+", and "SCO" - haven't tried those).

Sounds like it might be useful to compile psql with debugging symbols
and get a backtrace from the crash.

-Doug

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