Re: Incorrectly reporting config errors

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Incorrectly reporting config errors
Date: 2014-01-21 18:35:55
Message-ID: 31689.1390329355@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com> writes:
> I'm getting a report of a config error when changing a config value
> that requires a restart:
> ...
> 2014-01-21 18:14:53 GMT [28718]: [4-1] user=,db=,client= LOG:
> received SIGHUP, reloading configuration files
> 2014-01-21 18:14:53 GMT [28718]: [5-1] user=,db=,client= LOG:
> parameter "max_connections" cannot be changed without restarting the
> server
> 2014-01-21 18:14:53 GMT [28718]: [6-1] user=,db=,client= LOG:
> configuration file "/home/thom/Development/data/postgresql.conf"
> contains errors; unaffected changes were applied

> It doesn't contain errors.

Yeah it does: it's got a value that can't be applied. I think you're
making a semantic quibble.

regards, tom lane

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