Re: Is my home $HOME or is it getpwent()->pw_dir ?

On 18.12.21 21:57, Chapman Flack wrote:
> I sometimes do some testing as nobody, on a distro where
> getpwent(nobody)->pw_dir is a directory that nobody can't write.
> So I end up setting $HOME to a directory that, um, is writable.
> 
> When I start psql, strace shows $HOME being honored when looking
> for .terminfo and .inputrc, and getpwent()->pw_dir being used
> to look for .pgpass, .psqlrc, and .psql_history, which of course
> aren't there.
> 
> I'm sure the .terminfo and .inputrc lookups are being done by library code.
> In my experience, it seems traditionally unixy to let $HOME take precedence.

See this patch: https://commitfest.postgresql.org/36/3362/