Re: intermittent failures in Cygwin from select_parallel tests

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@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