| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
|---|---|
| To: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Aidan Van Dyk <aidan(at)highrise(dot)ca>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: alternate psql file locations |
| Date: | 2012-08-27 02:13:18 |
| Message-ID: | 20120827021318.GA28780@momjian.us |
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On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 11:18:47AM -0500, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> >>It's worked for things I've wanted, I haven't tried it for psql
> >>stuff....
> >>
> >
> >
> >Yeah, but it's a bit hacky. I might well not want $HOME reset.
> >Here's a small patch that does what I think would suit me and
> >Alvaro.
> >
> >
>
> Incidentally, this actually doesn't work anyway. psql gets the home
> path from getpwuid() and ignores $HOME. You could argue that that's
> a bug, but it's been that way for a long time.
So, do we want to fix this and honor $HOME?
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com
+ It's impossible for everything to be true. +
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