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Re: location of the configuration files

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

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: mlw <pgsql@mohawksoft.com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, Lamar Owen <lamar.owen@wgcr.org>, Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>, Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk>, Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>, "J. M. Brenner" <doom@kzsu.stanford.edu>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2003-02-17T02:48:47Z
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mlw <pgsql@mohawksoft.com> writes:
> The idea of using a "directory" puts us back to using symlinks to share 
> files.

So?  If you want to share files, you're probably sharing all three
config files and don't need a separate directory at all.  This is
not a sufficient argument to make me buy into the mess of letting
people choose nonstandard configuration file names --- especially
when most of the opposite camp seems to be more interested in choosing
*standard* names for things.  Why does that policy stop short at the
directory name?

			regards, tom lane