X-Original-To: pgsql-docs-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26F0852806 for ; Sun, 29 May 2005 00:33:50 -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 33358-03 for ; Sun, 29 May 2005 03:33:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from candle.pha.pa.us (candle.pha.pa.us [64.139.89.126]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C99CF5280F for ; Sun, 29 May 2005 00:33:41 -0300 (ADT) Received: (from pgman@localhost) by candle.pha.pa.us (8.11.6/8.11.6) id j4T3XdZ22666; Sat, 28 May 2005 23:33:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Bruce Momjian Message-Id: <200505290333.j4T3XdZ22666@candle.pha.pa.us> Subject: Re: [BUGS] Fwd: Bug#308535: postgresql-client: [psql] manual In-Reply-To: <4855.1116094069@sss.pgh.pa.us> To: Tom Lane Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 23:33:39 -0400 (EDT) Cc: Martin Pitt , pgsql-docs@postgresql.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL121 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=ELM1117337619-26788-1_ Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.01 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200505/37 X-Sequence-Number: 3002 --ELM1117337619-26788-1_ Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian writes: > > > It is also convenient to have a ~/.pgpass file to avoid regularly having > > to type in passwords. See Section 27.12 for more information. > > > Is that sufficient? > > It responds to the immediate complaint, but I was thinking that we ought > to add links to the relevant pages of the libpq docs in the "See Also" > parts of all of the client-application reference pages. If the links > read like "Client Environment Variables", "Client Password File", etc > then it seems to me this would let us remove the rather incomplete > information that is in the individual reference pages today. Right, done for environment variables, and attached. PGPASSORD mentions .pgpass so I think we are done. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 --ELM1117337619-26788-1_ Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline; filename="/bjm/diff" Index: doc/src/sgml/ref/clusterdb.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/clusterdb.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.16 diff -c -c -r1.16 clusterdb.sgml *** doc/src/sgml/ref/clusterdb.sgml 29 Nov 2003 19:51:38 -0000 1.16 --- doc/src/sgml/ref/clusterdb.sgml 29 May 2005 03:27:19 -0000 *************** *** 235,240 **** --- 235,241 ---- + Environment Variables () Index: doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.40 diff -c -c -r1.40 createdb.sgml *** doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml 18 Jun 2004 21:47:23 -0000 1.40 --- doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml 29 May 2005 03:27:19 -0000 *************** *** 294,299 **** --- 294,300 ---- + Environment Variables () Index: doc/src/sgml/ref/createlang.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/createlang.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.33 diff -c -c -r1.33 createlang.sgml *** doc/src/sgml/ref/createlang.sgml 29 Nov 2003 19:51:38 -0000 1.33 --- doc/src/sgml/ref/createlang.sgml 29 May 2005 03:27:20 -0000 *************** *** 232,237 **** --- 232,238 ---- + Environment Variables () Index: doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.40 diff -c -c -r1.40 createuser.sgml *** doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml 13 May 2005 16:31:43 -0000 1.40 --- doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml 29 May 2005 03:27:20 -0000 *************** *** 334,339 **** --- 334,340 ---- + Environment Variables () Index: doc/src/sgml/ref/dropdb.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropdb.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.26 diff -c -c -r1.26 dropdb.sgml *** doc/src/sgml/ref/dropdb.sgml 29 Nov 2003 19:51:38 -0000 1.26 --- doc/src/sgml/ref/dropdb.sgml 29 May 2005 03:27:20 -0000 *************** *** 220,225 **** --- 220,226 ---- + Environment Variables () Index: doc/src/sgml/ref/droplang.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/droplang.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.25 diff -c -c -r1.25 droplang.sgml *** doc/src/sgml/ref/droplang.sgml 29 Nov 2003 19:51:38 -0000 1.25 --- doc/src/sgml/ref/droplang.sgml 29 May 2005 03:27:20 -0000 *************** *** 220,225 **** --- 220,226 ---- + Environment Variables () Index: doc/src/sgml/ref/dropuser.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropuser.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.31 diff -c -c -r1.31 dropuser.sgml *** doc/src/sgml/ref/dropuser.sgml 29 Nov 2003 19:51:38 -0000 1.31 --- doc/src/sgml/ref/dropuser.sgml 29 May 2005 03:27:20 -0000 *************** *** 224,229 **** --- 224,230 ---- + Environment Variables () Index: doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.76 diff -c -c -r1.76 pg_dump.sgml *** doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml 17 Jan 2005 04:30:37 -0000 1.76 --- doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml 29 May 2005 03:27:21 -0000 *************** *** 697,702 **** --- 697,703 ---- + Environment Variables () Index: doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.48 diff -c -c -r1.48 pg_dumpall.sgml *** doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml 6 Jan 2005 18:29:08 -0000 1.48 --- doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml 29 May 2005 03:27:21 -0000 *************** *** 415,421 **** . Check there for details on possible ! error conditions. --- 415,422 ---- . Check there for details on possible ! error conditions. Also see suppored environment variables ! (). 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