All, Christophe just discovered something with include files which is going to cause issues with ALTER SYSTEM SET.
So, take as a hypothetical that you use the default postgresql.conf file, which sets shared_buffers = 32MB. Instead of editing this file, you do ALTER SYSTEM SET shared_buffers = '1GB', which updates config/postgresql.auto.conf. Then you restart PostgreSQL. Everything is hunky-dory, until a later occasion where you *reload* postgresql. Then postgres startup hits the first "shared_buffers=32MB" (in postgresql.conf), says "I can't change shared buffers on a reload", and aborts before ever getting to postgresql.auto.conf. This is a problem that exists now with includes in postgresql.conf, but having ALTER SYSTEM SET will cause more users to hit it. Seems like we'll need to fix it before releasing 9.4. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers