Re: psql & readline & win32

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> Magnus Hagander wrote:
>> What would we patch it with? I don't think anybody has found a problem
>> there, this is a separate file that you ship along with it.

> Well, the problem is that it handles backslash incorrectly.  We could
> patch that in the readline source rather than playing with a
> configuaration file.

Do the readline developers agree that it's "incorrect"?  I could see
shipping a patch as a short-term band-aid, but not if the patch isn't
going to be accepted upstream.

>> Even that may not be enough. This is the GPL we're talking about.

> At that point, psql becomes GPL, no question.

Which means it's not happening, no?
        regards, tom lane