State PGPASSWORD is "not recommended" rather than "depricated".

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Bruce Momjian 2005-02-26 14:21:40 +00:00
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$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.178 2005/01/14 00:23:21 momjian Exp $ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.179 2005/02/26 14:21:40 momjian Exp $
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<chapter id="libpq"> <chapter id="libpq">
@ -3691,7 +3691,7 @@ sets the user name used to connect to the database.
</indexterm> </indexterm>
<envar>PGPASSWORD</envar> <envar>PGPASSWORD</envar>
sets the password used if the server demands password sets the password used if the server demands password
authentication. This environment variable is deprecated for security authentication. This environment variable is not recommended for security
reasons; instead consider using the <filename>~/.pgpass</> reasons; instead consider using the <filename>~/.pgpass</>
file (see <xref linkend="libpq-pgpass">). file (see <xref linkend="libpq-pgpass">).
</para> </para>