Re: "make check" and pg_hba.conf

Jeff Janes <jeff.janes@gmail.com> writes:
> Is there a way to get "make check" to install a custom pg_hba.conf for its
> temporary installation? Something like pre-prending the line:
> local  all  password_user  md5
> To the default pg_hba.conf?

No.  Why would you want that?  External connections to the test DB seem
like exactly what you *don't* want, for reproducibility's sake.

Also, this seems like it's overlapping with the use case for making
an installation and using make installcheck.
        regards, tom lane