Re: psql crashes with bad history file in 9.0.3 - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From John R Pierce
Subject Re: psql crashes with bad history file in 9.0.3
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Msg-id 4D890D10.8030302@hogranch.com
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In response to psql crashes with bad history file in 9.0.3  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.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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