Re: BUG #2459: psql 8.1.4 vs 8.0.x behaves differently with tty / con / stdin recent fixes

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Silvio Macedo" <smacedo(at)calmetric(dot)pt>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #2459: psql 8.1.4 vs 8.0.x behaves differently with tty / con / stdin recent fixes
Date: 2006-05-29 17:15:59
Message-ID: 15306.1148922959@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Silvio Macedo" <smacedo(at)calmetric(dot)pt> writes:
> I've been using stdin/stdout of psql on Windows to run a script, without
> messing with "expect".
> Before v8.1.4, one could include the password in the string fed to psql via
> stdin to authenticate the connection.
> With 8.1.4, it doesn't work.

That's how it's been on Unix for a long time (/dev/tty is not stdin),
so I'd say this is a bug fix not a bug.

regards, tom lane

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