Re: ALTER SYSTEM SET command to change postgresql.conf parameters

>> Is there any reason for the function returns int as it always returns
>> 0 or 1. Maybe returns bool is better?
>
> No, return type should be bool, I have changed the same in attached patch.

Confirmed.

>> 2) initdb.c
>>
>> + strcpy(tempautobuf, "# Do not edit this file manually! \n");
>> + autoconflines[0] = pg_strdup(tempautobuf);
>> + strcpy(tempautobuf, "# It will be overwritten by the ALTER SYSTEM command. \n");
>> + autoconflines[1] = pg_strdup(tempautobuf);
>>
>> Is there any reason to use "tempautobuf" here? I think we can simply change to this:
>>
>> + autoconflines[0] = pg_strdup("# Do not edit this file manually! \n");
>> + autoconflines[1] = pg_strdup("# It will be overwritten by the ALTER SYSTEM command. \n");
>
> You are right, I have changed code as per your suggestion.

Confirmed.

>> 3) initdb.c
>>
>> It seems the memory allocated for autoconflines[0] and
>> autoconflines[1] by pg_strdup is never freed.
>
> I think, it gets freed in writefile() in below code.

Oh, I see. Sorry for noise.

I have committed your patches. Thanks.
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