Re: pgsql-server/src/backend bootstrap/bootstrap.c ...

Tom Lane wrote:
> CVSROOT: /cvsroot
> Module name: pgsql-server
> Changes by: tgl(at)svr1(dot)postgresql(dot)org 03/09/02 16:04:13
>
> Modified files:
> src/backend/bootstrap: bootstrap.c
> src/backend/tcop: postgres.c
>
> Log message:
> Cause standalone backend (including bootstrap case) to read the GUC
> config file if it exists. This was already discussed as being a good
> idea, and now seems the cleanest way to deal with initdb-time failures
> on machines with small SHMMAX. (The submitted patches instead modified
> initdb.sh to pass the correct sizing parameters, but that would still
> leave standalone backends prone to failure later. An admin who needs
> to use a standalone backend has enough trouble already, he shouldn't
> have to manually configure its shmem settings...)

TODO updated:

* -Have standalone backend read postgresql.conf (Tom)

I hadn't realized initdb shared_buffers would be effected by this, but
it makes sense it would.

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