Re: location of the configuration files

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Oliver Elphick <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk>, Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com>, "J(dot) M(dot) Brenner" <doom(at)kzsu(dot)stanford(dot)edu>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: location of the configuration files
Date: 2003-02-14 20:27:53
Message-ID: 9285.1045254473@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> I would favor a setup that allows a -C *directory* (not file) to be
>> specified as a postmaster parameter separately from the -D directory;

> A directory is not going to satisfy people.

Why not? Who won't it satisfy, and what's their objection?

AFAICS, you can either set -C to /etc if you want your PG config files
loose in /etc, or you can set it to /etc/postgresql/ if you want them
in a privately-owned directory. Which other arrangements are needed?

regards, tom lane

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