Re: BUG #14872: libpq requires a home directory

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: dcwatson(at)gmail(dot)com, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: BUG #14872: libpq requires a home directory
Date: 2017-10-25 21:37:03
Message-ID: CAKFQuwauwOHgQA6bGs5fwMUv0oFE8vPm0QggcerSv12PwqQ5NA@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 1:04 PM, <dcwatson(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> ​​
> I get an error saying "Could not get home directory to
> locate password file". I think I've traced it to the referenced commit, and
> was hoping to get some confirmation that this was indeed an unintended side
> effect.
>

> [1]
> https://github.com/postgres/postgres/commit/ba005f193d88a8404e81db3df223cf
> 689d64d75e

​I agree and point out that the doc part of that commit says: "​(No error
is reported if this file does not exist.)".

David J.

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