Re: Separators in pg_hosts.conf fields

> On 26 Apr 2026, at 23:32, Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com> wrote:
>
> If the build directory name contains a comma,
> src/test/modules/ssl_passphrase_callback fails on master since commit 4f43302.
> It fails because hba.c:next_token() treats a comma as a token separator:

Ugh, thanks for reporting.

> * Tokens can be delimited by double quotes (this allows the inclusion of
> * commas, blanks, and '#', but not newlines). As in SQL, write two
> * double-quotes to represent a double quote.
>
> Commit 4f43302 documented the pg_hosts.conf hostname field as a
> comma-separated list, but not the other fields. Should other pg_hosts.conf
> fields continue to require quoting around commas, or not?

Yes, only the hostname field is a comma-separated list. I think this should be
added to the documentation as well on top of the test fix in your patch. Do
you want me to take care of both parts?

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Daniel Gustafsson