Re: TODO: Mark change-on-restart-only values in

On Jul 17, 2006, at 2:48 PM, Zdenek Kotala wrote:
> Josh Berkus wrote:
>> Zdenek,
>>> I would like to implement "Mark change-on-restart-only values in
>>> postgresql.conf" item. Anybody works on this? Does it mean add extra
>>> comment to postgresql.conf for variable which has PG_POSTMASTER
>>> context?
>> Somehow I thought you'd already submitted a patch?
> I sent patch for relatively related problem when somebody
> commenting out item in the configuration file. This item is look
> like easy, but I surprise that this item does not have % prefix.
> The question is if it is only about adding extra comments to
> postgresql.conf file.

If memory serves, we also wanted to have the postmaster log a warning
if it reloaded postgresql.conf and found values that had changed but
wouldn't take effect until restart. So presumably the postmaster
would have to keep an in-memory copy of the parsed postgresql.conf
and compare that with the parsed copy it gets after reloading
postgresql.conf.
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