From: | Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> |
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To: | Devrim GÜNDÜZ <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: initdb -A ident, with params |
Date: | 2011-03-14 18:52:39 |
Message-ID: | AANLkTi=SfNnXX1A6JtFgUePPq2byjGb-HFvraK2d__2R@mail.gmail.com |
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2011/3/14 Devrim GÜNDÜZ <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org>:
> On Mon, 2011-03-14 at 10:28 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>> In looking at the "peer patch", I notice that initdb still supports
>> things like "-A ident map=foo", but it *only* supports this for ident,
>> and nothing else. I'm pretty sure this is a leftover from the "ident
>> sameuser" days, so that things like the RPM install could set it
>> properly. Since this is not needed any more, I propose we take that
>> out and make ident work the same way as any other authentication
>> methods.
>>
>> At some point we might want to extend initdb to support any parameters
>> (with validation, of course), but that's a much bigger thing. Just
>> removing the (undocumented, btw) special case would make things more
>> consistent.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>
> RPMs don't need it anymore, so +1 for removing.
Done, and applied.
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Magnus Hagander
Me: http://www.hagander.net/
Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/
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