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Mention that some psql environment variables come from libpq and note

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more variables can be found in the libpq manual section.

Mention .pgpass in the psql manual page section dealing with connection
parameters and point to the libpq section for more details.

Backpatch to 8.0.X.
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<!--
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.132 2005/01/22 23:22:19 momjian Exp $
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.133 2005/02/11 04:19:05 momjian Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<term><option>-u</></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Makes <application>psql</application> prompt for the user name and
Forces <application>psql</application> to prompt for the user name and
password before connecting to the database.
</para>
@ -406,21 +406,25 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<term><option>--password</></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Cause <application>psql</application> to prompt for a
password before connecting to a database. This will remain set for
the entire session, even if you change the database connection
with the meta-command <command>\connect</command>.
Forces <application>psql</application> to prompt for a
password before connecting to a database.
</para>
<para>
In the current version, <application>psql</application>
automatically issues a password prompt whenever the server
requests password authentication. Because this is currently based
on a hack, the automatic recognition might mysteriously fail,
hence this option to force a prompt. If no password prompt is
issued and the server requires password authentication, the
connection attempt will fail.
<application>psql</application> should automatically prompt for a
password whenever the server requests password authentication.
However, currently password request detection is not totally
reliable, hence this option to force a prompt. If no password
prompt is issued and the server requires password authentication,
the connection attempt will fail.
</para>
<para>
This option will remain set for the entire session, even if you
change the database connection with the meta-command
<command>\connect</command>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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some typing by setting the environment variables
<envar>PGDATABASE</envar>, <envar>PGHOST</envar>,
<envar>PGPORT</envar> and/or <envar>PGUSER</envar> to appropriate
values.
values. (For additional environment variables, see <xref
linkend="libpq-envars">.) It is also convenient to have a
<filename>~/.pgpass</> file to avoid regularly having to type in
passwords. See <xref linkend="libpq-pgpass"> for more information.
</para>
<para>
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<listitem>
<para>
Default database to connect to
Default connection database
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>