Re: Increase psql's password buffer size - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 04:19:13PM +0100, David Fetter wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 10:12:52AM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > I think we should be using a macro to define the maximum length, rather
> > than have 100 used in various places.
> 
> It's not just 100 in some places. It's different in different places,
> which goes to your point.
> 
> How about using a system that doesn't meaningfully impose a maximum
> length? The shell variable is a const char *, so why not just
> re(p)alloc as needed?

Uh, how do you know how big to make the buffer that receives the read?

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