Re: Function keys cause psql to segfault

Hmm, all I could think of was perl and php - hitting
F1-4 just caused these chars to be displayed (the
interpreters didn't exit):

^[OP^[OQ^[OR^[OS

CSN

--- Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Tom Lane wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > > CSN wrote:
> > >> If I'm in psql (via putty, from WinXP to
> Redhat) and
> > >> hit F1-4 (F5+ just display a ~), psql will
> > >> segmentation fault and exit.
> >
> > > My guess is that those send a break or some
> control sequence. od -c
> > > might show you what is being output.
> >
> > Try watching the psql process with strace in
> another terminal window.
> > If Bruce's theory is correct (and it sounds good
> to me) then you should
> > be able to see a signal being delivered to psql.
>
> Also, try the function keys in another command-line
> application and see
> if that exits too.
>
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