Re: bug on debian... what's wrong with me ?

Raphaël Enrici wrote:
> Andreas Pflug wrote:
>
>> Raphaël Enrici wrote:
>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I can't login to the database with RC2 and Debian. I have a
>>>>>>> wxWidgets assert. Did I miss something or should I try the
>>>>>>> --disable-beer ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>> #8 0x086317e5 in wxWcstr ()
>>> #9 0x0862ba87 in wxString::wxString ()
>>> #10 0x081b062b in pgConn::GetLastError (this=0x5) at string.h:919
>>> #11 0x08216ea2 in pgServer::GetLastError (this=0x8c9f560) at
>>> string.h:228
>>
>>
>>
>> Possibly PQerrorMessage from the libpq version you're using is
>> returning NULL under some circumstances; catching it doesn't hurt so
>> please try the new pgConn.cpp.
>
>
> nope :( it does not solve the problem. But I think you were on the good
> way... Here is the error message reported by psql:
>
> $ psql -d template1 -h localhost
> psql: could not connect to server: ��ٷ
> Is the server running on host "localhost" and accepting
> TCP/IP connections on port 5432?
>
>
> $ psql -d template1 -h localhost 2>&1 | cat -vet
> psql: could not connect to server: M-^HM-^]M-YM-7$
> ^IIs the server running on host "localhost" and accepting$
> ^ITCP/IP connections on port 5432?$
>
>
> I found the right part of the message really strange and decided to take
> a look to debian bugs... It seems you were right :) Take a look at bug
> #277757 [1].
> Apparently it's fixed upstream now and I bet there will be an update.
> BTW, it may be good if we could prevent this libpq bug from altering
> pgA3 runability.

IMHO making pga3 dependent on the yet-to-come corrected libpq version
should be enough. I don't have a good idea how to catch this.

Regards,
Andreas