Re: A smaller default postgresql.conf

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Joshua Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Hans-Juergen Schoenig <postgres(at)cybertec(dot)at>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: A smaller default postgresql.conf
Date: 2008-08-19 16:48:20
Message-ID: 5269.1219164500@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Joshua Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Well, why not just make a one-eighty and say that the default
>> postgresql.conf is *empty* (except for whatever initdb puts into it)?

> I guess it would depend on what initdb puts into it.

Per the code:

max_connections
shared_buffers
max_fsm_pages (slated to die anyway in 8.4)
lc_messages
lc_monetary
lc_numeric
lc_time
datestyle
default_text_search_config

The first three of those are derived from probing the SHMMAX setting,
and the rest are from the initdb-time locale settings.

regards, tom lane

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