Re: Detecting corrupted pages earlier

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Kevin Brown <kevin@sysexperts.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Andrew Sullivan <andrew@libertyrms.info>
Date: 2003-04-05T04:13:04Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Kevin Brown <kevin@sysexperts.com> writes:
> Shouldn't each variable listed in postgresql.conf.sample have comments
> right above it explaining what it does anyway?

Not really --- if you can't be bothered to consult the Admin Guide when
in doubt, you have no business editing the config file.  A word or two
of hints is one thing, but circles and arrows and a paragraph on the
back of each one just ain't gonna fly.

We went down that path previously with pg_hba.conf, and finally realized
that it was a waste of time to maintain what amounted to two separate
sets of documentation.

			regards, tom lane