From: Marc Balmer <marc@msys.ch>
To: Momjian Bruce <bruce@momjian.us>
Cc: pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Documentation of .pgpass for Unix is incomplete
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 18:58:10 +0100
Message-ID: <8040FD9E-746C-42E8-ADE5-26FC0B0C0749@msys.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZyUQsHdWP0Y_oFpw@momjian.us>
References: <ZyUQsHdWP0Y_oFpw@momjian.us>
Thanks, Bruce!
> Am 01.11.2024 um 18:32 schrieb Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>:
>
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2024 at 09:24:43AM +0200, Marc Balmer wrote:
>>
>>> Well, it is more complicated than checking just HOME because it calls
>>> getpwuid_r() if HOME is not set:
>>>
>>> https://doxygen.postgresql.org/fe-connect_8c.html#a3f49cbb20595c1765bd0db5ff434c9c3
>>>
>>> Is it worth going into that detail in the docs?
>>
>> Yes definitely. This not being properly documented caused me hours of work…
>
> Patch applied, thanks.
>
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>
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