> >> In fact, I wonder if we should just fail if we need to prompt for a
> >> password and can't open /dev/tty. The function is simple_prompt() and
> >> if we can't open /dev/tty, maybe we should just assume the user typed
> >> nothing.
>
> > Would be okay with me ...
>
> On second thought --- are we creating any portability problems if we
> assume /dev/tty exists? In particular, what about the Windows port
> of psql? Will it still work?
I am sure cygwin takes care of this. Certainly is would have to handle
it to allow Unix compatibility. If someone reports a problem, we can
#ifdef around it.
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