Re: [Bug-readline] rl_prep_terminal segfault

[Chet Ramey]

On 7/29/10 3:09 AM, Otto Allmendinger wrote:
> This produces a segfault on my system (Arch Linux)
> 
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <readline/readline.h>
> 
> int main(int argc, char** argv) {
>     rl_prep_terminal(0);
>     return 0;
> }
> 

Readline really wants you to set up rl_instream and rl_outstream before
it tries to use those file descriptors as handles to the terminal.  Adding

rl_instream = stdin;
rl_instream = stdout;

makes your example work.

Chet
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