Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)tm(dot)ee> writes:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> In 7.2, yes, pg_ctl restart or SIGHUP. On 7.1.X pg_hba.conf is reread
>> on every connection request.
> Why was it changed ?
To cut a few more percent off connection startup time. (According to
Bruce's measurements, reading pg_hba.conf was a measurable fraction
of startup.)
regards, tom lane