Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> writes: > It's worth pointing out that Cygwin psql is built with readline, which > makes it rather nicer to use than the Native builds. We still have this > in configure.ac: > > # readline on MinGW has problems with backslashes in psql and other bugs. > # This is particularly a problem with non-US code pages. > # Therefore disable its use until we understand the cause. 2004-07-20 > > I have no idea if it's still true. My msys2 system (fairywren) has > readline installed. Assuming I disable this piece of code and build with > readline, how would I test for the errors reported in 2004?
A bit of archive excavation turned up various contemporaneous reports: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/6BCB9D8A16AC4241919521715F4D8BCE34BE7A%40algol.sollentuna.se https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/ca3pfg%2427tt%241%40news.hub.org https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/OFD583EA49.2F089C03-ONC1256E6A.002706B8-C1256E6A.002784FC%40flender.com https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/OF585C42B8.14897FF3-ONC1256EBC.0042A26E-C1256EBC.0042E23F%40flender.com It's certainly possible that some or all of those problems are gone. regards, tom lane
