Re: BUG #3773: psql segfault on exit

guillaume 'ioguix' de Rorthais wrote:
> PostgreSQL version: 8.3 beta3
> Operating system:   macosx 10.4.10
> Description:        psql segfault on exit
> Details:
>
> I just maked/make installed pg8.3b3 from cvs.
>

> pagila=# \q
> psql(26486) malloc: *** error for object 0x1806200: incorrect checksum for
> freed object - object was probably modified after being freed, break at
> szone_error to debug
> psql(26486) malloc: *** set a breakpoint in szone_error to debug
> zsh: segmentation fault  /sw/opt/pg83//bin/psql -U postgres -p 5433 pagila
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I bet this is the same libedit bug that's been reported by various
people, on OS X. For example:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2007-11/msg00128.php

Since quite a few people seem to bump into this, I wonder if we could
have configure to test for this?

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