Re: BUG #4128: The postmaster.opts.default file is begin ignored

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Gary Jay Peters <gary(at)webdms(dot)com>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #4128: The postmaster.opts.default file is begin ignored
Date: 2008-04-24 19:21:05
Message-ID: 20080424192105.GN5593@alvh.no-ip.org
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Tom Lane wrote:
> "Gary Jay Peters" <gary(at)webdms(dot)com> writes:
> > As I understand it, the only the "pg_ctl" command uses the
> > "postmaster.opts.default" file; it uses the arguments
> > within "postmaster.opts.default" when spawning the "postmaster" process.
>
> Actually, I'd vote for ripping out that "feature" altogether.

I was about to say the same thing. I was surprised to find that it's
still documented.

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The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.

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