"Nick Fankhauser" <nickf(at)ontko(dot)com> writes:
> Hmmm... I'm confused. It works for us. When I make this change in
> postmaster.conf for our v7.2 install, it has the desired effect.
I'm sorry, I thought that was a thinko for postgresql.conf. Evidently
not --- it must be a file that sets up environment variables for the
postmaster.
> Perhaps this file is specific to the Debian package.
It's certainly not part of the standard source distribution, but it
might be in the standard RPM package.
regards, tom lane