Re: location of the configuration files

Mark Woodward <pgsql@mohawksoft.com>

From: mlw <pgsql@mohawksoft.com>
To: Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to>
Cc: Christopher Browne <cbbrowne@acm.org>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Kevin Brown <kevin@sysexperts.com>, Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net>, Rod Taylor <rbt@rbt.ca>
Date: 2003-02-13T16:53:26Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

Bruno Wolff III wrote:

>On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 09:23:20 -0500,
>  mlw <pgsql@mohawksoft.com> wrote:
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>>Personally, however, I think the configuration issue is a no-brainer and 
>>I am amazed that people are balking. EVERY other service on a UNIX box 
>>is configured in this way, why not do it this way in PostgreSQL? The 
>>patch I submitted allowed the configuration to work as it currently 
>>does, but allowed for the more standard configuration file methodology.
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>If you are interested in reading a contrary position, you can read
>Berstein's arguments for his recommended way to install services at:
>http://cr.yp.to/unix.html
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Where, specificaly are his arguements against a configuration file 
methodology?

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