Re: About the pid and opts files

Brian E Gallew <geek+@cmu.edu>

From: Brian E Gallew <geek+@cmu.edu>
To: Chris Bitmead <chrisb@nimrod.itg.telstra.com.au>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii@sra.co.jp>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Date: 2000-06-26T12:44:10Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Then <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> spoke up and said:
> Chris Bitmead <chrisb@nimrod.itg.telstra.com.au> writes:
> > Aren't there other things like pg_database that survive this problem?
> Er, have you dug into the code that does the initial access of
> pg_database?  I want to get rid of that kluge, not add more...

This is why Ingres and Oracle (and probably others) use a text
parameter file to start up their databases.

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