postgresql-setup not reading PGSETUP_INITDB_OPTIONS

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postgresql-setup --help outputs:

Usage: /usr/bin/postgresql-setup MODE_OPTION [--unit=UNIT_NAME] [OPTION...]

...

Available operation mode:
  --initdb      Initialize new PostgreSQL database cluster.  This is usually the
                first action you perform after PostgreSQL server installation.
...
Environment:
  PGSETUP_INITDB_OPTIONS     Options carried by this variable are passed to
                             subsequent call of `initdb` binary (see man
                             initdb(1)).  This variable is used also during
                             'upgrade' mode because the new cluster is actually
                             re-initialized from the old one.

However when I run something like:

> export PGSETUP_INITDB_OPTIONS="--auth=scram-sha-256 --username=admin_user --pwprompt /var/lib/pgsql/data";
> sudo postgresql-setup --initdb

It doesn't seem to apply the options in PGSETUP_INITDB_OPTIONS. The auth in /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf still reads:

# TYPE  DATABASE        USER            ADDRESS                 METHOD

# "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
local   all             all                                     peer
# IPv4 local connections:
host    all             all             127.0.0.1/32            ident
# IPv6 local connections:
host    all             all             ::1/128                 ident
# Allow replication connections from localhost, by a user with the
# replication privilege.
local   replication     all                                     peer
host    replication     all             127.0.0.1/32            ident
host    replication     all             ::1/128                 ident

(None are scram-sha-256)

Also, I wasn't prompted for a password and super user still seems to be postgres.

I'm using:

  • postgresql 12.11
  • Os: Rocky Linux release 8.6 (Green Obsidian)

Am I doing something wrong here?

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