Re: A small update for postgresql.conf.sample

2010/10/14 Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>:
> Robert Haas wrote:
>> 2010/9/27 Devrim G?ND?Z <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org>:
>> > On Mon, 2010-09-27 at 09:40 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
>> >> > Actually, I don't see any reason why not to backpatch it.
>> >>
>> >> I was wondering if it would cause package management headaches for
>> >> people who had already modified their postgresql.conf.
>> >
>> > We don't overwrite .conf files during upgrades.
>>
>> All right, have it your way.  Done.  :-)
>>
>> (Dang this is a lot easier than the old way.)
>
> Uh, I have always been reluctant to backpatch changes to
> postgresql.conf.sample because those changes are going to be installed
> in share/postgresql.conf.sample during a minor upgrade.  After that, if
> someone diffs their data/postgresql.conf with
> share/postgresql.conf.sample, they will see change that they did not
> make to postgresql.conf.
>
> Not sure you want to revert this changes, but I wanted to be sure people
> understood this behavior.

Yeah, I think the horse has left the barn on these changes, since they
are in 9.0.1 at this point, but it's certainly something to keep in
mind.

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