Re: location of the configuration files

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Kevin Brown <kevin(at)sysexperts(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: location of the configuration files
Date: 2003-02-14 14:29:34
Message-ID: 200302141429.h1EETY906533@candle.pha.pa.us
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My point is that folks with multiple postmasters may not want to use
PGDATA, but for folks who have single postmasters, it makes things
easier and less error-prone.

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Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> Give it up. As long as we have -D, we will allow PGDATA. If you don't
> want to use it, don't use it.
>
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>
> Kevin Brown wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > I just set PGDATA in my login and I don't have to deal with it
> > > again.
> >
> > Duh....I just realized a reason you guys might care about this so
> > much.
> >
> > It's because you want to be able to start the postmaster from within a
> > debugger (or profiler, or whatever), and you don't want to have to
> > mess with command line options from there, right?
> >
> >
> > Sounds like fixing pg_ctl to use -D explicitly when invoking the
> > postmaster is the right change to make here, since that's probably how
> > the majority of the production shops are going to be starting the
> > database anyway. Takes care of the majority of the "visibility"
> > problem and leaves PGDATA intact. Thoughts?
> >
> >
> >
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