Update description of parameter password_encryption

petere · petere · commit de2d8be55143 · 2020-06-10T13:41:59.000+02:00
The previous description string still described the pre-PostgreSQL 10 (pre eb61136) behavior of selecting between encrypted and unencrypted, but it is now choosing between encryption algorithms.
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
@@ -3917,10 +3917,8 @@ static struct config_enum ConfigureNamesEnum[] =
 
 	{
 		{"password_encryption", PGC_USERSET, CONN_AUTH_SECURITY,
-			gettext_noop("Encrypt passwords."),
-			gettext_noop("When a password is specified in CREATE USER or "
-						 "ALTER USER without writing either ENCRYPTED or UNENCRYPTED, "
-						 "this parameter determines whether the password is to be encrypted.")
+			gettext_noop("Chooses the algorithm for encrypting passwords."),
+			NULL
 		},
 		&Password_encryption,
 		PASSWORD_TYPE_MD5, password_encryption_options,
