On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 09:04:00AM +0530, Amit Kapila wrote: > > For my part, I'd honestly rather have the first things found be what's > > picked and later things be ignored. If you want it controlled by ALTER > > SYSTEM, then don't set it in postgresql.conf. The problem with that is > > there's no "bootstrap" mechanism without actually modifying such configs > > or making the configs be in auto.conf to begin with, neither of which is > > ideal, imv. > > > > I really hate the idea that someone could configure 'X' in > > postgresql.conf and because the auto.conf line is later in the file, > > it's able to override the original setting. Does not strike me as > > intuitive at all. > > This is currently how include mechanism works in postgresql.conf, > changing that for this special case can be costly and moreover the > specs for this patch were layout from beginning that way.
Agreed. If you are worried about ALTER SYSTEM changing postgresql.conf settings, you should move the include_auto line to the top of postgresql.conf, but I don't think that should be the default. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
