Re: BUG #6263: \l causes core dump with large database

On Oct 20, 2011, at 11:20 PM, Tom Lane wrote:

> bob(dot)messer(at)l-3com(dot)com writes:
>> 2) If I replace the libedit.so with the version in this rpm: libedit-2.11-2.20080712cvs.el5.x86_64.rpm, the command works.
>
>> 3) if I edit the psql script to use the libreadline.so that is installed on the system (it's looking in the wrong place), the command works.
>
> In that case you're dealing with a libedit bug. libedit has a lot of
> known problems, especially if you're trying to use an old version as
> it sounds like you might be. There's not a lot we can do about that.

We have tried upgrading the libedit on our buildfarms and thus the One-Click installers will now distribute newer version of libedit. Hopefully this will eliminate this error.

>
> regards, tom lane
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