Re: [HACKERS] Configuration patch

>
> I am working on integrating this patch now.
>
> What is the logic if checkConfigDir(). It seems incompleted or wrong.
>
> Your code had:
>
> + if(S_ISREG(stat_buf.st_mode)) /* It's a regular file, so
> assume it's an explict */
> + {
> + return TRUE;
> + }
> + else if(S_ISDIR(stat_buf.st_mode)) /* It's a directory, is it
> a config or system dir */
> + {
> + snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/global/pg_control",
> checkdir);
> + /* If this is not found, then, hey it wasn't going to work
> as a data dir either. */
> + if(stat(path, &stat_buf) == -1)
> + return TRUE;
> + }
> + return FALSE;
>
> The last stat() seems to say that if the directory has no
> global/pg_control, then it is good a a config-only directory, and if not
> it is a data directory. Is that right?

Yes, that is right. If "pg_control" exists in the directory, then we
should not assume it is a config-only directory.

>
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>
> pgsql(at)mohawksoft(dot)com wrote:
>> This patch incorporates a number of changes suggested by the group. The
>> purpose of this patch is to move postgresql to a position where all
>> configuration options are specified in one place. The postgresql.conf
>> file
>> could completely document a postgresql environment.
>>
>>
>> It adds this functionality:
>>
>> The "-D' option will work as it always has if it is set to a standard
>> postgresql database cluster directory. If it is set to a
>> "postgresql.conf"
>> file, it will use that file for configuration. If it is set to a
>> directory
>> which is not a cluster directory, i.e. "/somepath/etc" it will look for
>> pg_hba.conf, pg_ident.conf, and postgresql.conf there.
>>
>> For postgresql to work only with a configuration file, some options have
>> been added:
>>
>> include = '/etc/postgres/debug.conf'
>> pgdata = '/vol01/postgres'
>> hba_conf = '/etc/postgres/pg_hba_conf'
>> ident_conf = '/etc/postgres/pg_ident.conf'
>> runtime_pidfile = '/var/run/postgresql.conf'
>> tablespace = '/somevol/somepath'
>>
>> "include" allows files with configuration parameters to be included.
>>
>> "pgdata" (used to be data_dir in old patch) tells PostgreSQL where it's
>> database cluster directory is located.
>>
>> "hba_conf" tells PostgreSQL where to find pg_hba.conf file.
>>
>> "ident_conf" tells PostgreSQL where to find pg_ident.conf.
>>
>> "runtime_pidfile" tells postgres to write it's PID to a file that would
>> be
>> used by external applications. It is *NOT* the pid file which postgresql
>> uses.
>>
>> "tablespace" allows postgresql to use alternate locations without
>> environment variables. Using SIGHUP, tablespaces are reloaded. This
>> allows
>> you to add tablespaces to a running PostgreSQL process. (I know this has
>> a
>> limited lifetime, but it may make "CREATE DATABASE ... WITH LOCATION" a
>> little bit more sane in the meantime.
>
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