Re: Patch for 9.1: initdb -C option

From: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>
To: "David Christensen" <david(at)endpoint(dot)com>
Cc: "KaiGai Kohei" <kaigai(at)ak(dot)jp(dot)nec(dot)com>, "PostgreSQL-development Hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Patch for 9.1: initdb -C option
Date: 2010-07-20 22:33:34
Message-ID: 4C45DDEE0200002500033A19@gw.wicourts.gov
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David Christensen <david(at)endpoint(dot)com> wrote:
> On Jul 20, 2010, at 5:00 PM, Kevin Grittner wrote:

>> my shop has chosen to never touch the default postgresql.conf
>> file any more, beyond adding one line to the bottom of it which
>> is an include directive, to bring in our overrides.

> So you'll now issue:
>
> $ initdb ... -C 'include localconfig.conf' ? :-)

Yeah, that would cover us. I'm wondering if it is flexible enough
to serve everyone else so well. I hesitate to suggest it, but
perhaps it would, in combination with the include directive
supporting a directory name to mean all files in the directory? Or
maybe if it supported wildcards?

-Kevin

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