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From Marc Balmer
Subject Re: Documentation of .pgpass for Unix is incomplete
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Msg-id 8040FD9E-746C-42E8-ADE5-26FC0B0C0749@msys.ch
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In response to Re: Documentation of .pgpass for Unix is incomplete  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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Thanks, Bruce!


> Am 01.11.2024 um 18:32 schrieb Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>:
>
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2024 at 09:24:43AM +0200, Marc Balmer wrote:
>>
>>> Well, it is more complicated than checking just HOME because it calls
>>> getpwuid_r() if HOME is not set:
>>>
>>>    https://doxygen.postgresql.org/fe-connect_8c.html#a3f49cbb20595c1765bd0db5ff434c9c3
>>>
>>> Is it worth going into that detail in the docs?
>>
>> Yes definitely.  This not being properly documented caused me hours of work…
>
> Patch applied, thanks.
>
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