Re: [HACKERS] Changing the default configuration (was Re:

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

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, Merlin Moncure <merlin.moncure@rcsonline.com>, PostgresSQL Hackers Mailing List <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org
Date: 2003-02-13T15:06:29Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers, pgsql-performance
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> So, my idea is to add a message at the end of initdb that states people
> should run the pgtune script before running a production server.

Do people read what initdb has to say?

IIRC, the RPM install scripts hide initdb's output from the user
entirely.  I wouldn't put much faith in such a message as having any
real effect on people...

			regards, tom lane