Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Is there a reason pg_ctl reload shouldn't honor -o ?
-o means "pass these switches on the postmaster's command line".
If you're not restarting the postmaster, you don't get to change
its command line.
IMO setting stuff on the command line is pretty evil anyway.
Adjusting postgresql.conf is almost always the Better Way.
We have discussions going already about how to make that easier,
so I'm not excited about trying to kluge something in pg_ctl.
regards, tom lane