Re: RM 5235 - Support external config files

Thanks, patch applied. Tested on OSX only.

On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 3:56 PM Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:

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> On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 11:23 AM Ashesh Vashi <
> ashesh(dot)vashi(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
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>> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/asheshvashi>
>> On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 3:45 PM Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
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>>> The attached patch adds support for config_system.py files stored
>>> outside of the application installation directory to allow sysadmins (and
>>> users with appropriate permissions) to override configuration options
>>> system wide and without invalidating signatures such as those found on the
>>> macOS app bundle.
>>>
>>> Configuration will be loaded from the following locations, if present:
>>>
>>> Linux: /etc/pgadmin/config_system.py
>>> macOS: /Library/Preferences/pgadmin/config_system.py
>>> Windows: %CommonProgramFiles%\pgadmin\config_system.py
>>>
>>> Please review/commit.
>>>
>> How about putting them in $HOME/.pgadmin/config_local.py (applicable only
>> for runtime)?
>>
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> Because then they wouldn't be system-wide.
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