Re: WIP: getting rid of the pg_database flat file

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Subject: Re: WIP: getting rid of the pg_database flat file
Date: 2009-08-12 00:39:38
Message-ID: 200908120239.39680.andres@anarazel.de
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On Wednesday 12 August 2009 02:30:53 Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> I'd also like to look into getting rid of the pg_auth flat file.
> > That would be sad for many users of pgbouncer.
> Really? And how would pgbouncer be depending on that?
One can currently use a copy of that file for its authentication (which it does
seperately).
I actually don't see a big problem there - if its contents change often its
not safe to use that file from outside anyway, and in the other case you easily
can update it with a select...

Andres

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