Re: psql doesn't pass on exported shell environment functions

On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 8:45 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> "David G. Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > ​I'm using Ubuntu 16.04
>
> Hmph. Works for me on RHEL6. I'm betting that Ubuntu has put in some
> weird security restriction, possibly an overreaction to the "shellshock"
> bug which was in the exported-functions feature.
>

​Thank you both for looking at this. While my curiosity is still piqued
I've solved the original problem without resorting to exporting a function
through a psql invocation. Fortunately, exported functions are still seen
by directly called bash scripts​ so a few other areas where I leverage that
feature are still working.

I've haven't totally discounted local configuration interplay here - my
bashrc is non-trivial and there a few differences between the setups
besides versions - though a security enhancement in 16.04 seems plausible.

David J.