Re: GUC and postgresql.conf docs

Tom Lane wrote:
> Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
> > GUC Options with no documentation:
> > The following options exist in postgresql.conf.sample and in guc.c but not in
> > the online documenation anywhere the search box can find:
>
> > trace_locks
> > trace_userlocks
> > trace_lwlocks
> > debug_deadlocks
> > trace_lock_oidmin
> > trace_lock_table
> > show_btree_build_stats
>
> These are all debugging options that probably don't need to be in the
> user documentation (ie, if you aren't familiar enough with the source
> code to find out about 'em from there, you do not need them and should
> probably not be messing with 'em --- in fact, many of them don't even
> exist except in specially-hacked builds). I'd vote for taking them out
> of postgresql.conf.sample, I think.

Agreed, they should not be in postgresql.conf.

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