> -----Original Message----- > From: pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Alexander Scholz > Sent: 31 May 2006 09:56 > To: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Problem in Pg 8.1.4 with CREATEDB > > Yes, we have the same problem! Refer to the thread with the subject > "Problem V8.1.4 - providing pwd for commandline tools doesn't > work anymore". > > They seem to have change the old behaviour of the commandline tools, > which worked well since 8.0! I don't understand why the > change should be > "more secure", but I see that nobody took care about the possible > consequences for installation scripts, third party applications and so > on. :-((( > > At least they should have clearly stated this in the update > readme. (The > comment "Fix problem with password prompting on some Win32 > systems" just > says nothing at all, which could have "alerted" anybody that might > concern the effect of it) The reason was that the way it was broken, a number of people had been completely unable to use psql/pg_dump etc because in certain situations it would (mistakenly) attempt to read the their password from a file and not their command prompt window. I don't think anyone ever imagined that the bug actually allowed people to use utilities in a way that was useful to them, but unintended by everyone else. Had we done, we would certainly have made the warnings more obvious and considered workarounds. Regards, Dave.
