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Subject: Re: Documentation of .pgpass for Unix is incomplete
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Thanks, Bruce!


> Am 01.11.2024 um 18:32 schrieb Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>:
>=20
> =EF=BB=BFOn Tue, Aug 20, 2024 at 09:24:43AM +0200, Marc Balmer wrote:
>>=20
>>> Well, it is more complicated than checking just HOME because it calls
>>> getpwuid_r() if HOME is not set:
>>>=20
>>>    https://doxygen.postgresql.org/fe-connect_8c.html#a3f49cbb20595c1765b=
d0db5ff434c9c3
>>>=20
>>> Is it worth going into that detail in the docs?
>>=20
>> Yes definitely.  This not being properly documented caused me hours of wo=
rk=E2=80=A6
>=20
> Patch applied, thanks.
>=20
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>=20
>  When a patient asks the doctor, "Am I going to die?", he means
>  "Am I going to die soon?"