Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> >>>> In fact, it looks to me like it would be much more sensible to #include
> >>>> "settings.h" and then simply test pset.notty for all platforms.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> Yes, we could do that but does the isatty() value ever change while psql
> >>> is running? When you do '\g filename' does stdout then have isatty as
> >>> false?
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Good point. I think the best thing would just be to remove the #ifndef
> >> WIN32 / #endif lines
> >>
> >
> > OK, patch applied to remove the Win32 test in both places.
> >
> >
> >
>
> This broke the buildfarm and finally explains the following kluge which
> has been puzzling me for four years:
>
> /*
> * for some reason MinGW (and MSVC) outputs an extra newline, so
> this
> * suppresses it
> */
> #ifndef WIN32
> fputc('\n', fout);
> #endif
>
> I have removed the kluge (and yes, I tested it).
Oh, that kluge. Why did the isatty() addition fix this? Was the pager
being used on Win32 for the regression tests and somehow eating a line
or something?
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