Re: PGPASSWORDFILE env var for libpq

Your patch has been added to the PostgreSQL unapplied patches list at:

    http://candle.pha.pa.us/cgi-bin/pgpatches

I will try to apply it within the next 48 hours.

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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Larry Rosenman dijo:
>
> > On Sun, 2002-08-11 at 15:45, Tom Lane wrote:
> > > Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@atentus.com> writes:
> > > > I attach a patch that adds the PGPASSWORDFILE ability to libpq, and
> > > > removes the use of PGPASSWORD.
> > >
> > > Were we actually going to *remove* that, as opposed to deprecate it?
> > >
> > > There are systems (in fact many) where it's perfectly secure, so I'm
> > > not that thrilled about removing functionality ...
>
> > PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE IT WITHOUT AT LEAST ONE RELEASE CYCLE WARNING.
> >
> > You will ****BREAK**** People.
>
> Ok, advice taken.  New patch attached.  Preserves the ability to use
> PGPASSWORD, which in fact has preference over PGPASSWORDFILE.
>
> --
> Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]atentus.com>)
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