Re: [SQL] Problems invoking psql. Help please. - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Oliver Elphick
Subject Re: [SQL] Problems invoking psql. Help please.
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Msg-id 1037717942.29678.33.camel@linda
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In response to Re: [SQL] Problems invoking psql. Help please.  (Hugh Esco <hesco@greens.org>)
Responses Re: [SQL] Problems invoking psql. Help please.  (Hugh Esco <hesco@greens.org>)
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On Tue, 2002-11-19 at 04:48, Hugh Esco wrote:
> Shouldn't these environmental variables handle what the readpgenv file is
> supposed to do for me?

Yes, and they do.  But readpgenv will read any unset variables from
/etc/postgresql/postgresql.env.

It is required because Debian policy forbids me to rely on their being
set.  So I have to ensure that I can read them even if the user hasn't
set them.

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