Re: [HACKERS] 8.0 libpq: missing get_home_path()

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Karel Zak <zakkr@zf.jcu.cz>, PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches@postgresql.org>
Date: 2004-08-19T00:01:19Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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OK, patch attached and applied.  I also updated the docs.

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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > I need to call canonicalize_path() in the macro.
> 
> There is only one use of get_home_path in libpq.  Lose it and do
> a direct getenv(HOMEDIR).  You do not really need to do a
> canonicalize_path there; it'd be sufficient to insert the appropriate
> directory separator ('/' or '\') when forming pgpassfile just below.
> 
> 			regards, tom lane
> 
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