I wrote:
> Hmm. The only relevant-looking change between 8.0.0 and 8.0.1 is
> this one:
>
http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.c.diff?r1=1.101.4.2;r2=1.101.4.3;f=h
> I wonder if this could be messing up the password acceptance --- for
> instance, by causing CR or LF to not be stripped off what you type.
I've applied a patch that should fix it if that is the source of the
problem. I can't test it though, for lack of a Windows setup.
regards, tom lane
Index: pg_backup_archiver.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.c,v
retrieving revision 1.101.4.7
diff -c -r1.101.4.7 pg_backup_archiver.c
*** pg_backup_archiver.c 17 May 2005 17:30:41 -0000 1.101.4.7
--- pg_backup_archiver.c 11 Sep 2005 00:32:33 -0000
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*** 1714,1724 **** /* * On Windows, we need to use binary mode to read/write non-text archive
! * formats. Force stdin/stdout into binary mode in case that is what * we are using. */ #ifdef WIN32
! if (fmt != archNull) { if (mode == archModeWrite) setmode(fileno(stdout), O_BINARY);
--- 1714,1725 ---- /* * On Windows, we need to use binary mode to read/write non-text archive
! * formats. Force stdin/stdout into binary mode if that is what * we are using. */ #ifdef WIN32
! if (fmt != archNull &&
! (AH->fSpec == NULL || strcmp(AH->fSpec, "") == 0)) { if (mode == archModeWrite)
setmode(fileno(stdout),O_BINARY);