Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com> writes:
> It seems that psql (or maybe libpq) doesn't like trailing comments.
Why would you think it would take that? The manual says that lines
beginning with '#' are comments, but not more than that.
> But this does not:
> 10.143.170.206:5432:*:11026270:Blarge # Host name: fubar
If that acted as a comment, it'd be impossible to use passwords
containing '#'.
regards, tom lane