Re: pgsql-server/ oc/src/sgml/libpq++.sgml oc/src/ ...

No, I applied the final one, but CVS shows the text of the first patch
because that is the only one that has the full description. The email
saying the patch was applied has the actual text of the patch applied:

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Patch applied. Thanks.

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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Larry Rosenman dijo:
>
> > On Sun, 2002-08-11 at 15:45, Tom Lane wrote:
> > > Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)atentus(dot)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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Tom Lane wrote:
> momjian(at)postgresql(dot)org (Bruce Momjian - CVS) writes:
> > I'm giving a try at some TODO items. Currently it's the turn of the
> > PGPASSWORDFILE environment variable. I have modified libpq to make use
> > of this variable. I present the first cut here.
>
> You applied the *first* cut? That patch went through two or three
> revisions IIRC ...
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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