Re: How to _not_ save startup options in postmaster.opts?

On 11/2/23 12:42, Tom Lane wrote:
> "David G. Johnston"<david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>>> Alas, those config values are remembered in postmaster.opts. But I don't
>>> want that.
>> I don’t know where this file is even documented ATM but my understanding is
>> it just shows you the values used during the last startup.
> It does more, per the pg_ctl man page:
>
> postmaster.opts
>
> If this file exists in the data directory, pg_ctl (in restart
> mode) will pass the contents of the file as options to postgres,
> unless overridden by the -o option. The contents of this file are
> also displayed in status mode.
>
> It seems totally reasonable for "pg_ctl restart" to re-apply those
> switches. If you don't want that, don't use "restart", but stop
> and start.

Thanks.

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