Re: Bug #756: suggestion: file with password instead of

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> >>> Is there a default file name like ~/.pgpassword so that this feature
> >>> can be used without setting yet another environment variable?
>
> > Is there a good reason for a default for this?
>
> Well, most of the other packages I can think of have hard-wired
> assumptions about names like "$HOME/.cvspass". If we have such a
> default then there's little need for a PGPASSWORDFILE environment
> variable at all. Perhaps we should go with the historical custom
> and remove the env var in favor of a hardwired filename in $HOME.

Yes, that is what I am thinking too. Do other packages allow you to
override the default password file name? I don't think so. I don't see
that in .ssh.

OK, next question. Is this something that can be fixed during beta. I
sure think so because if we don't we will have even more confusion for
7.4.

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