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Re: Possibility to disable `ALTER SYSTEM`

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

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From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres@jeltef.nl>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, Joel Jacobson <joel@compiler.org>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, Gabriele Bartolini <gabriele.bartolini@enterprisedb.com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus.hagander@redpill-linpro.com>, Maciek Sakrejda <m.sakrejda@gmail.com>
Date: 2024-03-25T18:45:40Z
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  1. Add allow_alter_system GUC.

  2. Rename COMPAT_OPTIONS_CLIENT to COMPAT_OPTIONS_OTHER.

  3. Remove support for version-0 calling conventions.

On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 2:26 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> I wonder whether this feature should include teaching the server
> to ignore postgresql.auto.conf altogether, which would make it
> relatively easy to get to a bulletproof configuration.

This has been debated a few times on the thread already, but a number
of problems with that idea have been raised, and as far as I can see,
everyone who suggested went on to recant and agree that we shouldn't
do that. If you feel a strong need to relitigate that, please check
the prior discussion first.

-- 
Robert Haas
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