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From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: doc: Fix description of how the default user name is chosen
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Msg-id d0e91a7c-9b21-8335-c14d-f80f077f102b@enterprisedb.com
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In response to Re: doc: Fix description of how the default user name is chosen  ("David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: doc: Fix description of how the default user name is chosen  ("David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>)
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On 09.07.22 17:52, David G. Johnston wrote:
> No.  It is always the user parameter.  It just so happens that parameter 
> also has a default.  And so while there is a transitive aspect the 
> resolution of the user parameter happens first, using the OS user if 
> needed, then the dbname parameter is resolved using the user parameter 
> if needed to supply the default.

Will there be an updated patch here?  The original patch contained three 
hunks; I'm not sure which one of those was intending to fix a real bug 
and which ones were cosmetic.  Is anything in the current documentation 
actually wrong?

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