Re: postgresql.auto.conf read from wrong directory

* Amit Kapila (amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com) wrote:
> On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 6:51 PM, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > Should we just ignore such
> > problematic setting in postgresql.auto.conf with warning message?
>
> Another way could be that we detect the same during server start
> (while parsing postgresql.auto.conf) and then allow for reparse of
> auto conf file, but I think that will be bit more complicated. So lets
> try to solve it in a way suggested by you. If there is no objection by
> anyone else then I will update the patch.

Pretty sure this is more-or-less exactly what I suggested quite a while
back during the massive ALTER SYSTEM SET thread.. There are certain
options which we shouldn't be allowing in .auto.conf. I doubt this is
going to be the only one...

Thanks,

Stephen