Re: BUG #5899: Memory corruption when running psql

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Ross Barrett <ross_barrett(at)rapid7(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-bugs <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: BUG #5899: Memory corruption when running psql
Date: 2011-02-25 16:03:13
Message-ID: 1298649754-sup-4903@alvh.no-ip.org
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Excerpts from Ross Barrett's message of jue feb 24 13:36:34 -0300 2011:
>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: 5899
> Logged by: Ross Barrett
> Email address: ross_barrett(at)rapid7(dot)com
> PostgreSQL version: 9.0.3
> Operating system: Ubuntu 9.10
> Description: Memory corruption when running psql
> Details:
>
> Attempting to run psql complains that termcap db is not present (bug 5807).
> Applying the work around of placing an /etc/termcap file from a Red Hat
> system allowed psql to run 1x. Subsequent runs always yield a memory
> error:

Try LD_PRELOAD'ing libreadline -- or recompile psql linked to that
instead of libedit.

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Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
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