BUG #11233: Wishlist: specify config file directory independently

From: eda(at)waniasset(dot)com
To: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: BUG #11233: Wishlist: specify config file directory independently
Date: 2014-08-21 10:12:22
Message-ID: 20140821101222.2532.89367@wrigleys.postgresql.org
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The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference: 11233
Logged by: Ed Avis
Email address: eda(at)waniasset(dot)com
PostgreSQL version: 9.3.5
Operating system: Linux (Fedora 20)
Description:

If you want to keep the configuration files somewhere other than their
default location, you must pass the -D option to postgres to change the
DATADIR, which is really the config file directory, and then change
pg_hba.conf to point the data directory back to its original location.

This is a bit more awkward than it needs to be. I suggest disentangling the
two variables 'data directory' and 'config file directory'. Then a new -C
CONFIGDIR option to postgres would change the location of the config files
without changing DATADIR. This would mean you could move the config files
to a new place, pass it with -C, and you're done.

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