Re: PGPASSWORDFILE env var for libpq - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: PGPASSWORDFILE env var for libpq
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Msg-id 21558.1029098708@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to PGPASSWORDFILE env var for libpq  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@atentus.com>)
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@atentus.com> writes:
> I attach a patch that adds the PGPASSWORDFILE ability to libpq, and
> removes the use of PGPASSWORD.

Were we actually going to *remove* that, as opposed to deprecate it?

There are systems (in fact many) where it's perfectly secure, so I'm
not that thrilled about removing functionality ...

            regards, tom lane

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