This problem seems to be related to the .psql_history file. If I delete the file, the problem does not occur and psql starts up fine. However, when I run psql again (after the previous session had generated a .psql_history file), the problem occurs. strace shows something like
read(4, "", 131072) = 0 . . (hundreds) . . brk(0) = 0x39f8d000 brk(0x39fae000) = 0x39fae000 read(4, "", 131072) = 0 . . (hundreds) . . So it seems to be something related to reading the .psql_history file. -- Mike ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match