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

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, PGSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add documentation for Windows on how to set an environment
Date: 2007-02-06 21:38:40
Message-ID: 45C8F560.5070802@hagander.net
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)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.

//Magnus

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