Re: droped out precise time calculations in src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c

Oops, overoptimized a little. ptmp_timeout is needed in case no time is
passed;  ptmp_timeout restored.

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pgman wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > > That whole remains structure should be a time_t variable, and then we
> > > _know_ we can't assume it is signed.  The use of timeval should
> > > happen only in pqWaitTimed because it has to use select().
> > 
> > I think it's fine to use struct timeval as the parameter type for
> > pqWaitTimed.  This particular caller of pqWaitTimed has no need for
> > sub-second wait precision, but that doesn't mean we might not want it
> > for other purposes later.
> 
> That was a question:  whether pqWaitTimed() was something exported by
> libpq and therefore something that has an API that shouldn't change.  I
> see it in libpq-int.h, which I think means it isn't exported, but yes,
> there could be later cases where we need subsecond stuff.
> 
> I have applied the following patch to get us a little closer to sanity.

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