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Re: Configuration include directory

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>

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From: "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew@dunslane.net>
To: "Greg Jaskiewicz" <gj@pointblue.com.pl>
Cc: "Greg Smith" <greg@2ndquadrant.com>, "PostgreSQL-development" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2011-11-17T00:18:03Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Wed, November 16, 2011 6:45 pm, Greg Jaskiewicz wrote:
>
> On 16 Nov 2011, at 04:53, Greg Smith wrote:
>>
>> -Called by specifying "includedir <directory>".  No changes to the
>> shipped postgresql.conf yet.
>> -Takes an input directory name
> Very useful idea.
>
> What will happen if I specify:
>
> includedir './'
>
> Ie, what about potential cyclic dependency.
>


I would vote for it only to handle plain files (possibly softlinked) in
the named directory.

cheers

andrew