postgresql-client 8.2.9-1 - psql.exe returns nothing, just goes back to the prompt

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Mark Tunnell wrote:
> Typing psql.exe at the Cygwin Bash prompt results in no output; I just
> get the shell prompt back, no matter what switch I add, -V, etc.  I
> don't use psql every day so I'm not positive when it stopped working
> but I'm pretty sure it was fine before my last Cygwin update.
> However, downgrading to the 8.2.5-1 does not resolve the issue.  Is
> there any sort of logging I can enable that might help me determine
> what's going on?  Or, not going on?

Sounds like a missing dependency.  Try 'cygcheck psql.exe' to see if it
complains about any missing DLLs.  If it does, you need to install the
packages with the missing DLLs.  See <http://cygwin.com/packages/> if
you need to find the package a DLL is in (or 'cygcheck -p <file>').

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