Re: Docs for service file - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Docs for service file
Date
Msg-id 200302031424.h13EOi210466@candle.pha.pa.us
Whole thread Raw
In response to Re: Docs for service file  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
List pgsql-patches
OK, I have moved the file to interfaces/libpq.  I will add some
documentation, and probably update the file format to be more unix-like.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian writes:
>
> > Joe Conway says he uses this exact feature in Oracle.  They just
> > distribute the file to the hosts.  That seemed like a good reason to
> > keep it.
>
> OK, if we're keeping it then let's at least get things right.  The
> documentation doesn't contain any information about the file format.  It
> refers you to a file called pg_service.conf.sample for more information.
> The information should be moved from the file to the documentation.  Also,
> the documentation doesn't give any hint where that file is supposed to be.
>
> Also, the sample file really belongs in src/include/libpq in the source
> tree.
>
> --
> Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net
>
>

--
  Bruce Momjian                        |  http://candle.pha.pa.us
  pgman@candle.pha.pa.us               |  (610) 359-1001
  +  If your life is a hard drive,     |  13 Roberts Road
  +  Christ can be your backup.        |  Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073

pgsql-patches by date:

Previous
From: Bruce Momjian
Date:
Subject: Re: ALTER TABLE .. SET WITHOUT OIDS -- ROUND 2
Next
From: Bruce Momjian
Date:
Subject: Re: replace oidrand() with random_sample()