Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add documentation for Windows on how to set an environment

Magnus Hagander wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> >>> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >>>> I think environment variables are used rarely enough on Win32 that we
> >>>> should supply a hint.
> >>> I think every Windows administrator who is not totally clueless knows 
> >>> how to set the environment. Maybe home users don't use it much, but 
> >>> admins certainly need to know about it.
> >> Another argument against it is that the libpq documentation is an
> >> entirely random place to discuss it, as libpq is hardly the only part of
> >> Postgres that responds to environment variables.
> >>
> >> I liked the idea of mentioning it in the Windows FAQ, instead.
> > 
> > OK, sure.  Magnus.
> > 
> 
> I assume you mean "add it to the win32 FAQ", so I did. Will be on next
> site build.

Yep, perfect, thanks.

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