Re: Remove line length restriction in passwordFromFile() - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Fujii Masao
Subject Re: Remove line length restriction in passwordFromFile()
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Msg-id cb5c4a47-44e5-9858-8843-e8ec6199cfd1@oss.nttdata.com
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In response to Re: Remove line length restriction in passwordFromFile()  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Remove line length restriction in passwordFromFile()  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On 2020/09/10 1:48, Tom Lane wrote:
> Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@oss.nttdata.com> writes:
>> The patch was back-patched to v13, but v13 release note still has the following item.
> 
>>       Tighten libpq's overlength-line handling and comment detection for .pgpass files (Fujii Masao)
> 
>> This should be changed to the following or something?
> 
>>       Teach libpq to handle arbitrary-length lines in .pgpass files (Tom Lane)
> 
> Hm.  Actually, since that went further back than v13, I don't think
> it should appear in the v13 notes at all; it will be material for
> the next quarterly update release notes.
> 
> We could adjust the release-note entry for your patch to say
> "Improve comment detection for .pgpass files", or we could decide
> it's not worth documenting that part and just drop the entry.

"Improve comment detection for .pgpass files" is also the material for
minor version release because that change was also back-patched?
If so, I agree to drop the entry.

Regards,

-- 
Fujii Masao
Advanced Computing Technology Center
Research and Development Headquarters
NTT DATA CORPORATION



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