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Re: ALTER SYSTEM SET command to change postgresql.conf parameters (RE: Proposal for Allow postgresql.conf values to be changed via SQL [review])

Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>

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From: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
To: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndquadrant.fr>, Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com>, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>, "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2013-08-20T02:57:28Z
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* Amit Kapila (amit.kapila16@gmail.com) wrote:
> If both are okay, then I would like to go with second option (include
> file mechanism).
> I think by default, we should allow auto file to be included and if
> user faces any problem or otherwise,
> then he can decide to disable it.

If it's enabled by default, then we need to ship an 'auto' file which is
empty by default...  I don't particularly like that (implies that an
empty file is acceptable and not an error condition, which it otherwise
probably would be...).  I'm still not a big fan of enabling it by default
tho.

	Thanks,

		Stephen