Re: Bug #928: server_min_messages (log_min_messages in CVS)

pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org wrote:
> Sergey N. Yatskevich (syatskevich(at)n21lab(dot)gosniias(dot)msk(dot)ru) reports a bug with a severity of 4
> The lower the number the more severe it is.
>
> Short Description
> server_min_messages (log_min_messages in CVS) have PGC_USERSET GucContext
>
> Long Description
> In src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c "server_min_messages"
> ("log_min_messages" in CVS)configuration option have PGC_USERSET
> GucContext. I think that it is not good idea that user can
> change server log details level. I suggest change GucContext in
> this case on PGC_SIGHUP.

The reason it is PGC_USERSET is because we imagined people might want to
increase the amount of information sent to the server logs, and we don't
have an _increase_only_ restriction capability. However, maybe it
should be PGC_SUSET.

Comments?

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