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"Drouvot, Bertrand" <bdrouvot@amazon.com> writes:
> Agree that it seems unlikely but maybe we could add a new GUC to turn 
> the regex usage on the hba file on/off (and use off as the default)?

I think that will just add useless complication.

			regards, tom lane