Re: Explicit config patch 7.2B4

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
To: Trond Eivind Glomsrød <teg@redhat.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Lamar Owen <lamar.owen@wgcr.org>, mlw <markw@mohawksoft.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2001-12-17T20:58:01Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Trond Eivind Glomsrød writes:

> Don't. I'd do it in a heartbeat - I'd love to have /etc/postgresql/
> with defaults. Configuration files should not be located in /var.

This problem has already been solved with symlinks a long time ago.
Nothing new here.  In fact, for users that are accustomed to the
"original" source distribution it'd be a much easier-to-understand
approach.  (Whether it's "better" in the general sense is being
discussed.)

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Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net