Re: Units in postgresql.conf

From: Gavin Sherry <swm(at)linuxworld(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Units in postgresql.conf
Date: 2006-07-21 01:05:40
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.58.0607211104280.9951@linuxworld.com.au
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On Thu, 20 Jul 2006, Josh Berkus wrote:

> Peter,
>
> > I don't understand how that is related. Or what a conversion utility
> > would be for that matter.
>
> Well, the main issue with changing the units of the PostgreSQL.conf file
> from a user perspective is that the numbers from you 8.0/8.1 conf file
> would no longer work. A little conversion utilitily to turn your 8.0
> file into an 8.2 file would help solve that.

Josh,

I would imagine that Peter intends to handle backward compatibility by
processing values without explicit units in the units assumed pre <8.2.

Thanks,

Gavin

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