Fix startup when history file is bad

Author: IanButterworth

stdlib/REPL/src/REPL.jl

@@ -1409,8 +1409,14 @@ function setup_interface(
             end
             hist_from_file(hp, hist_path)
         catch
+            # During REPL setup, the backend isn't available yet, so we manually call
+            # the IO version of print_response with backend=nothing to avoid UndefRefError
             # use REPL.hascolor to avoid using the local variable with the same name
-            print_response(repl, Pair{Any, Bool}(current_exceptions(), true), true, REPL.hascolor(repl))
+            repl.waserror = true
+            with_repl_linfo(repl) do io
+                io = IOContext(io, :module => Base.active_module(repl)::Module)
+                print_response(io, Pair{Any, Bool}(current_exceptions(), true), nothing, true, REPL.hascolor(repl), specialdisplay(repl))
+            end
             println(outstream(repl))
             @info "Disabling history file for this session"
             repl.history_file = false