Re: [BUGS] BUG #14872: libpq requires a home directory - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

I wrote:
> Poking around, it looks like parseServiceInfo's search for
> ~/.pg_service.conf has the same disease, but that code's been like that
> since 2010 --- I wonder why it's not causing you problems?  Are you maybe
> setting PGSERVICEFILE to prevent that from failing?

Ah, looking closer, we don't reach that code unless you've specified a
service name (either as a connection parameter or through the PGSERVICE
environment variable).  So it's not so surprising that nobody complained
about that case yet.  But it's still wrong.
        regards, tom lane


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