Re: pg_upgrade defaulting to port 25432

Robert Haas wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 10:33 PM, Alvaro Herrera
> <alvherre@commandprompt.com> wrote:
> > Excerpts from Robert Haas's message of vie jun 24 22:22:55 -0400 2011:
> >> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> >
> >> > You want the environment variable support removed?
> >>
> >> I don't. ?It's production usefulness is questionable, but it's quite
> >> handy for testing IMO.
> >
> > If that's what you want, I think being able to read a file (whose
> > filename you pass with a switch to pg_upgrade) with a bunch of settings
> > is even more convenient. ?Heck, maybe it's more convenient for the user
> > too.
> 
> If someone wants to do the work, I'm all in favor.  But I don't feel
> that we should insist that Bruce do it.

Is there agreement to remove all pg_upgrade-specific environment
variables?

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