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--- Begin Message ---Package: postgresql-client Version: 8.4.8-0squeeze2 Severity: minor psql --help suggests that the default database name is user's system account username however the default database is actually the same as the value of the username parameter and only takes the system user name if neither is specified. perhaps it should say Default: same as database username, "%s" -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.3 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_NZ.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages postgresql-client depends on: ii postgresql-client-8.4 8.4.8-0squeeze2 front-end programs for PostgreSQL postgresql-client recommends no packages. postgresql-client suggests no packages. -- debconf-show failed
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--- Begin Message ---Hello Jasen, Jasen Betts [2011-11-16 11:41 +1300]: > psql --help > > suggests that the default database name is user's system account username > however the default database is actually the same as the value of the > username parameter and only takes the system user name if neither is > specified. As Peter pointed out, the default actually depends on a lot more than just the system account username. With 9.1, --help just says -d, --dbname=DBNAME database name to connect to (default: "martin") which removes any potentially confusing explanation where the default comes from. I think that's the best for a brief online help, and if you are interested where the default comes from, there's the full HTML documentation available. So I consider this fixed now with postgresql-9.1, closing report. Thanks! Martin -- Martin Pitt | http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer (www.ubuntu.com) | Debian Developer (www.debian.org)
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