Re: Re: ALTER SYSTEM SET command to change postgresql.conf parameters (RE: Proposal for Allow postgresql.conf values to be changed via SQL [review])

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila(at)huawei(dot)com>, 'Greg Stark' <stark(at)mit(dot)edu>, 'Alvaro Herrera' <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, 'Fujii Masao' <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, 'Robert Haas' <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, 'Dimitri Fontaine' <dimitri(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, 'Josh Berkus' <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, 'Tom Lane' <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: Re: ALTER SYSTEM SET command to change postgresql.conf parameters (RE: Proposal for Allow postgresql.conf values to be changed via SQL [review])
Date: 2013-08-02 13:45:05
Message-ID: 20130802134505.GB26237@alap2.anarazel.de
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On 2013-08-02 08:41:09 -0400, Stephen Frost wrote:
> Perhaps having the file be a heap file instead of anything a sysadmin
> can be asked to go hack would also make it more clear that this is an
> internal PG file which is to be managed only through PG and stop all
> this arguing about how "oh, they can just fix it by twiddling things in
> $PGDATA" is considered by some to be an acceptable solution. Heck, it'd
> also keep the number of files down while allowing more fine-grained
> modifications and writes (iow, we wouldn't have to rewrite the whole
> file every time..).

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