Re: Doc: shared_memory_size_in_huge_pages with the "SHOW" command.

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Seino Yuki <seinoyu(at)oss(dot)nttdata(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Doc: shared_memory_size_in_huge_pages with the "SHOW" command.
Date: 2024-10-16 01:46:44
Message-ID: CAKFQuwY+59_FofYO-ZeFMa2Dnn8Wq6soU8W3y2u-baDATGcY6w@mail.gmail.com
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On Friday, October 11, 2024, Seino Yuki <seinoyu(at)oss(dot)nttdata(dot)com> wrote:

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> The current documentation explains the use of the postgres -C command,
> but this method may be limited in DBaaS or managed service environments.
> In particular, CloudNativePG does not allow the server to be stopped,
> making the execution of $ postgres -C impossible.

If your environment doesn’t allow shutting down the Postgres service it
seems highly unlikely you’d be able to perform the other low-level
operating system actions required here as well.

I think the wording is fine as-is, though for consistency with an earlier
mention on the page we could instead write:

This parameter can be viewed before starting the server with a postgres command
like:

David J.

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