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Re: BUG #14242: Role with a setconfig "role" setting to a nonexistent role causes pg_upgrade to fail - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: BUG #14242: Role with a setconfig "role" setting to a nonexistent role causes pg_upgrade to fail
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Msg-id 15762.1468279332@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: BUG #14242: Role with a setconfig "role" setting to a nonexistent role causes pg_upgrade to fail  (Andrew Gierth <andrew@tao11.riddles.org.uk>)
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Andrew Gierth <andrew@tao11.riddles.org.uk> writes:
> I don't think this is documented but it has obvious uses.

Does it?  If the named role is the same as the actual role, then it's
useless.  If they're different, it seems at best confusing.  In the
context of ALTER DATABASE SET, it seems both confusing and possibly
a security hazard.

            regards, tom lane

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