Re: Deprecations in authentication - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Simon Riggs
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In response to Deprecations in authentication  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
Responses Re: Deprecations in authentication  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
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On 18 October 2012 12:20, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:

> 2. ident-over-unix-sockets was renamed to "peer" in 9.1, with the old
> syntax deprecated but still mapping to the new one. Has it been there
> long enough that we should start throwing an error for ident on unix?

Any reason to remove? Having two names for same thing is a happy place
for users with bad/fond memories. It costs little and no errors are
associated with using the old name (are there?).

-- Simon Riggs                   http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services



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