Re: libedit memory stomp is apparently fixed in OS X Lion

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
Cc: Peter Geoghegan <peter(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: libedit memory stomp is apparently fixed in OS X Lion
Date: 2011-07-22 16:16:18
Message-ID: 11535.1311351378@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> writes:
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Peter Geoghegan <peter(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>> On 22 July 2011 03:24, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> I had a bug filed with Apple about that, and today I got some auto-mail
> indicating they'd fixed that bug as of OS X 10.7 (Lion). I don't have
> Lion installed here, but I grabbed the libedit sources from
> www.opensource.apple.com and indeed it looks fixed. So, if any early
> adopters want to try it out ...

>> I'll add that I've heard reports that Lion Server comes with
>> PostgreSQL as standard, and Lion Desktop comes with psql.

> Yup:
> raptor:PEM dpage$ psql --version
> psql (PostgreSQL) 9.0.4
> contains support for command-line editing

So, is it linked to their libedit, and if so does it crash when you try
to tab-complete a case with exactly 9 completions?

regards, tom lane

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