Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Y50d4-0004Nj-LJ for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sat, 27 Dec 2014 23:18:38 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Y50d3-0005NG-Kv for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sat, 27 Dec 2014 23:18:37 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:1501:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Y50d1-0005N9-T0 for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Sat, 27 Dec 2014 23:18:36 +0000 Received: from tamriel.snowman.net ([2001:4830:167b::11]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Y50cy-0007W8-3M for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Sat, 27 Dec 2014 23:18:33 +0000 Received: by tamriel.snowman.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0AD925F793; Sat, 27 Dec 2014 18:18:29 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 18:18:29 -0500 From: Stephen Frost To: Tom Lane Cc: Noah Misch , Adam Brightwell , PostgreSQL Hackers Subject: Re: CATUPDATE confusion? Message-ID: <20141227231829.GX3062@tamriel.snowman.net> References: <20141227080926.GA2035611@tornado.leadboat.com> <20141227151034.GU3062@tamriel.snowman.net> <28382.1419703324@sss.pgh.pa.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="+2xxXFcoH1/fp7Az" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <28382.1419703324@sss.pgh.pa.us> X-Editor: Vim http://www.vim.org/ X-Info: http://www.snowman.net X-Operating-System: Linux/3.13.0-40-generic (x86_64) X-Uptime: 18:17:08 up 8 days, 2:57, 6 users, load average: 0.02, 0.06, 0.05 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Pg-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-hackers Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org --+2xxXFcoH1/fp7Az Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline * Tom Lane (tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us) wrote: > Plan C (remove CATUPDATE altogether) also has some merit. But adding a > superuser override there would be entirely pointless. This is be my recommendation. I do not see the point of carrying the option around just to confuse new users of pg_authid and reviewers of the code. Thanks, Stephen --+2xxXFcoH1/fp7Az Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJUnz5FAAoJEO1sijiDR2RVHKoP/jwzqhcaqwi4aKPmutdTn2iU CR496DdcPCTfModpiZVCr2IVz8MJDajqHnsGlnXoG98YTTpcmuyAWYoBWvOx2tnW A/Ea24GWDxf4dvOhdNhJKrCEH3uyfCUvduN+OvdC5cle802/0+etF9zFdx/waiwN KbG6fSELUGmRRHG/VrXL9Zeje/8NUd1UzLwQpWgNr+WRueAhv2asSJqrUm6ZB1x9 t6hXMvIoOkFIiJ7yqd5vCxidZfRGS4Wkv1InVlMht7KI7YCRVR+e04fhiCkocRqw 4Pj7n2X1mYNWiPGRCvtTnGupharCKCyX/0fwV4EEiMO7mxah3wGswSCJ1NS2aVEb apbbrkP/NgYdxT9koeRKIdTDa2d5QBMK4oAt+y8SgR1fdVEZylDHnVbwdUM1htjZ mnfAr6ukZ6A1MAg0p9blspaNSq7utpjXUtS+NJagf4uJTznt4mTaAZeGLscl7lW0 fAJRwxMTkicPrZ9UolVNafJHPMBWhSEwjPk6gQMs/epQhdypBw5oH2aPqDtalRB7 QZ1QvaupmZKIoa9QNKdFercdkHWjwRZ5oFGsy9G+1yCB0eAi39FQ6lFBA+3Q7QoS 1Eqtbh+yHaqQmxLLk9by+7ClIkMCpnXupiV7jIRx14a96OLbHoDLiGXN1nYuha6i fuGXuxzAmMEgNfIUn5MH =iK5p -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --+2xxXFcoH1/fp7Az--