mlw writes:
> AFAIK it wasn't actually done. It was more of a, "we should do something
> different" argument. At one point it was talked about rewriting the
> configuration system to allow "include" and other things.
The core of the problem was, and continues to be, this: If you move
postgresql.conf somewhere else, then someone else will also want to move
pg_hba.conf and all the rest. And that opens up a number of security and
cumbersome-to-install problems.
Just having an option that says, the configuration file is "there", is a
first step but not a complete solution.
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