Re: Turning recovery.conf into GUCs

Stephen Frost wrote:
> * Amit Kapila (amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com) wrote:
> > What exactly you mean by 'disable postgresql.auto.conf', do you
> > mean user runs Alter System to remove that entry or manually disable
> > some particular entry?
>
> Last I paid attention to this, there was a clear way to disable the
> inclusion of postgresql.auto.conf in the postgresql.conf. If that's
> gone, then there is a serious problem. Administrators who manage their
> postgresql.conf (eg: through a CM system like puppet or chef..) must
> have a way to prevent other changes.

Sigh, here we go again. I don't think you can disable postgresql.auto.conf
in the current code. As I recall, the argument was that it's harder to
diagnose problems if postgresql.auto.conf takes effect in some system
but not others.

I think if you want puppet or chef etc you'd add postgresql.auto.conf as
a config file in those systems, so that ALTER SYSTEM is reflected there.

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