Re: Bug#72229: pg_wrapper breaks psql database selection
Michael Wildpaner wrote:
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>Package: postgresql-client
>Version: 7.0.2-5
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>if no database name is given to psql, pg_wrapper appends the arguments
>"-d" "template1" to the newly constructed argv.
Yes, I think it is time for a rethink on this. There are definitely
disadvantages in connecting users to template1 by default, since
unwanted tables are likely to get created there and then copied to
all new databases.
I have to take account of this major difference between PostgreSQL as
distributed upstream and postgresql as a Debian package: a locally
built and installed upstream version can reasonably default to a database
by the user's name; a Debian postgresql cannot assume that the user is
able to create new databases and ought therefore to provide a reasonable
default that he can connect to. If there is no default, a message
should be printed telling the user whom he should consult.
1. I should use any environment variables that are already
set; it is definitely a bug not to do this.
2. If the database name is still blank, I should try connections
in this order:
a) as defined by ~/.psqlrc | current upstream default at
b) user's name | version 7.0.2-x
c) locally-configured default database
(ideally, it should be the default database on PGHOST, but
there is no mechanism for reading that)
d) if connection still fails, print an error message and abort
3. There should be added to the configuration
(/etc/postgresql/postmaster.init) the following:
# The default database to which psql should connect if none is
# specified on the command line and there is none defined in ~/.psqlrc
# and there is no database which has the same name as the user's login.
# If this is undefined, an unspecified connection will fail.
PG_DEFAULT_DATABASE=
# Whether to report progress in finding and connecting to a default
# database when none is specified on the command line (yes/no).
PG_DEFAULT_VERBOSE=yes
Comments please?
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Oliver Elphick Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk
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