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

From: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr>, Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: ALTER SYSTEM SET command to change postgresql.conf parameters (RE: Proposal for Allow postgresql.conf values to be changed via SQL [review])
Date: 2013-08-20 15:23:23
Message-ID: 20130820152323.GL2706@tamriel.snowman.net
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* Alvaro Herrera (alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com) wrote:
> Stephen Frost escribió:
> > * Alvaro Herrera (alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com) wrote:
> > > Stephen Frost escribió:
> > > > With includedir and include directives, and postgresql.conf setting a
> > > > defined ordering, with last-wins, you could simply have the 'includedir'
> > > > for conf.d come before the 'include' for auto.conf.
> > >
> > > Uh, I was thinking that conf.d would be read by the system
> > > automatically, not because of an includedir line in postgresql.conf.
> >
> > I'd much rather have an includedir directive than some hard-coded or
> > command-line option to read the directory.. The directory should live
> > in /etc/postgresql/X.Y/cluster/ on at least Debian derivatives..
>
> The conf.d/ path would be relative to postgresql.conf, so there's no
> need for Debian to patch anything.

Uhhh, I really don't see that working, at all...

Thanks,

Stephen

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