Re: 9.3 RC1 psql encoding reporting inconsistently?

Michael Nolan <htfoot@gmail.com> writes:
> This is 9.3 RC1 on a Fedora 7 system. Why does \l report the encoding
> as SQL_ASCII and \set report it as UTF8?

psql sets client_encoding based on its environment (LANG or related
variables).  That's been true for some time --- since 9.1, according
to a quick check.
        regards, tom lane