Re: ctrl \ makes psql 8.2.5 dump core - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Shelby Cain
Subject Re: ctrl \ makes psql 8.2.5 dump core
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Msg-id 594748.52004.qm@web55406.mail.re4.yahoo.com
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In response to ctrl \ makes psql 8.2.5 dump core  (Jeff Ross <jross@wykids.org>)
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I believe this is expected behavior the Ctrl-\ keystroke will cause a SIGQUIT to the current process.  Any program that
doesn'texplicitly handle SIGQUIT will abort. 

Regards,

Shelby Cain

----- Original Message ----
From: Jeff Ross <jross@wykids.org>
To: PostgreSQL <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2008 11:42:26 AM
Subject: [BUGS] ctrl \ makes psql 8.2.5 dump core


Hi all,

I found out this morning that entering CTRL \ at the psql prompt will
make psql dump core. The is reproducible on the two machines I have
here.  Another server running downtown just quits without dumping core.
All are running 8.2.5 on OpenBSD.

I thought I was in the editor, and that key combination invokes nano's
search and replace function.

jross@slony:/var/www/wykids/training-calendar $ psql --version
psql (PostgreSQL) 8.2.5
contains support for command-line editing
jross@slony:/var/www/wykids/training-calendar $ psql wykids
Welcome to psql 8.2.5, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.

Type:  \copyright for distribution terms
        \h for help with SQL commands
        \? for help with psql commands
        \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
        \q to quit

jross@wykids localhost# Quit (core dumped)

The core file is less than a meg in size, so I can either upload it to
our web site or e-mail it directly to someone if anyone is interested.

Thanks,

Jeff Ross

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