Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tuesday 25 November 2008 16:42:57 Tom Lane wrote:
>> !       putenv("PGOPTIONS=--intervalstyle=postgres_verbose");

>> So I guess the real question is what is the 
>> use case for having pg_regress talk to older servers?

> There is no use.  I was just thinking, why create a new environment variable 
> when actually setting that variable would create all kinds of havoc for 
> users.

> The change above looks appropriate to me.

Actually, in view of regressplans.sh, we have to work a bit harder than
that in pg_regress.c ... but I still agree that there's no real value in
adding a variable to libpq itself.  Change committed.

                        regards, tom lane

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