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

On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 4:05 PM, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> wrote:
>> I'm not even clear we do want this in /etc since none of our GUC
>> options are repeatable things like Apache virtual servers. It actually
>> makes *more* sense for pg_hba than it does for gucs. I think we can
>> assume that in the future we'll have something like it however.
>
> I tend to agree with this also, though I can imagine wanting to separate
> things in a conf.d directory ala exim's conf.d directories, to allow
> tools like puppet to manage certain things environment-wide (perhaps
> krb_server_keyfile) while other configuration options are managed
> locally.

Extensions are actually a pretty good argument for why conf.d in /etc
(or wherever the non-auto-config is) is pretty important useful.
That's the kind of thing conf.d directories are meant for. A user can
install a package containing an extension and the extension would
automatically drop in the config entries needed in that directory.

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greg