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Re: BUG #8139: initdb: Misleading error message when current user not in /etc/passwd - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: BUG #8139: initdb: Misleading error message when current user not in /etc/passwd
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Msg-id 20140107044132.GC30539@momjian.us
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In response to Re: BUG #8139: initdb: Misleading error message when current user not in /etc/passwd  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: BUG #8139: initdb: Misleading error message when current user not in /etc/passwd
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On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 10:46:43AM -0500, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 12/9/13, 7:47 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >> Not clear whether the new file should be in src/port or src/common.
> > Agreed.  It isn't designed to add missing OS functionality, but it is
> > mostly OS-specific code.
>
> It's not for portability, though, is it?

Well, neither is sprompt.c, but that has a lot of port-specific code in
it, so I used that as a guide.

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