Excerpts from Robert Haas's message of vie jun 24 22:22:55 -0400 2011:
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> > You want the environment variable support removed?
>
> I don't. It's production usefulness is questionable, but it's quite
> handy for testing IMO.
If that's what you want, I think being able to read a file (whose
filename you pass with a switch to pg_upgrade) with a bunch of settings
is even more convenient. Heck, maybe it's more convenient for the user
too.
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