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From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Marc Balmer <marc@msys.ch>
Cc: pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Documentation of .pgpass for Unix is incomplete
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 13:32:32 -0400
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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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