"efesar (the kay)" <efesar(at)unm(dot)edu> writes:
> The 8.0 version does not acknowledge env vars like PGPASSWORD and seems to
> ignore the contents of the .pgpass file.
Hmmm. Those are probably the same problem, since finding .pgpass
depends on expanding the $HOME env var. But I have no idea why
env vars aren't working for you ...
regards, tom lane