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

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Docs for service file
Date
Msg-id 200302140243.h1E2han13210@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Docs for service file  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
List pgsql-patches
I specified the file path better in the docs;  don't think it makes
sense to push the file format docs into the SGML because it is not a
feature that is going to be used very much.

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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
>
>

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