X-Original-To: pgsql-bugs-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CF66534F0 for ; Fri, 13 May 2005 13:07:13 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 66616-06 for ; Fri, 13 May 2005 16:07:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail02.pironet-ndh.com (mail01.pironet-ndh.com [194.64.31.10]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E82095348A for ; Fri, 13 May 2005 13:07:05 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.fbn-dd.de (mail.fbn-dd.de [195.227.105.178]) by mail02.pironet-ndh.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F82534E3B for ; Fri, 13 May 2005 18:07:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: from sonne.intranet.fbn-dd.de (192-168-0-1.transfer-000.intranet.fbn-dd.de [192.168.0.1]) by mail.fbn-dd.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BC7623DE0 for ; Fri, 13 May 2005 18:07:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sonne.intranet.fbn-dd.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AA551F31C for ; Fri, 13 May 2005 18:07:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: from sonne.intranet.fbn-dd.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (AvMailGate-2.0.1.16) id 24222-37441FF0; Fri, 13 May 2005 18:07:04 +0200 Received: from localhost.localdomain (10-28-130-200.intranet-28-130.fbn-dd.de [10.28.130.200]) by sonne.intranet.fbn-dd.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B14F1E5E2 for ; Fri, 13 May 2005 18:07:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: by localhost.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 65DFD2FFD3; Fri, 13 May 2005 18:07:08 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 18:07:08 +0200 From: Martin Pitt To: PostgreSQL Bugs Subject: Re: Fwd: Bug#308535: postgresql-client: [psql] manual page does not document ~/.pgpass file Message-ID: <20050513160708.GA2597@piware.de> Mail-Followup-To: PostgreSQL Bugs References: <20050512204326.GC21489@piware.de> <23305.1115992167@sss.pgh.pa.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="9jxsPFA5p3P2qPhR" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <23305.1115992167@sss.pgh.pa.us> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-AntiVirus: checked by AntiVir MailGate (version: 2.0.1.16; AVE: 6.30.0.12; VDF: 6.30.0.177; host: sonne) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.05 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL, FORGED_RCVD_HELO X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200505/135 X-Sequence-Number: 11839 --9jxsPFA5p3P2qPhR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi! Tom Lane [2005-05-13 9:49 -0400]: > Martin Pitt writes: > > We recently got the bug report below. Do you agree that documenting > > ~/.pgpass in psql(1) is a good idea? >=20 > On that theory we'd have to replicate large parts of the libpq > documentation on every one of the "client application" pages, > which doesn't seem very maintainable. (.pgpass is just the tip > of the iceberg; the "environment variables" and "SSL support" > pages are also pretty critical for users to know about.) >=20 > I agree that there needs to be some more prominent mention, > but this doesn't look like the way to do it. Maybe some > "see also" links? A prominent pointer (URL and hint to local documentation) would certainly be adequate then. Thanks and have a nice weekend! Martin --=20 Martin Pitt http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer http://www.ubuntulinux.org Debian Developer http://www.debian.org --9jxsPFA5p3P2qPhR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFChNCsDecnbV4Fd/IRAvKNAJ46wqxH6Mhu9CR1eyCQ45o3LO1tzwCfWMs2 HduBD/3OvhDMX7+v2cf31Qg= =J/Vq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --9jxsPFA5p3P2qPhR--