Re: Notes on config-file-locations patch

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Notes on config-file-locations patch
Date: 2004-10-10 00:49:53
Message-ID: 200410100049.i9A0nrt12745@candle.pha.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
> > The main difference between this and the CVS-tip behavior is that
> > if you want to specify the main config file directly, you write
> > --config_file instead of -D. I think that's less confusing than
> > overloading -D with multiple meanings.
>
> I seem to recall that this was proposed all along (with the option named
> -C), before it was torn apart and reassembled. I'm happy with it.

Yes, I think -C is good. Requiring the use of -c seems odd but I guess
the logic could be it is a config value that can't be set in the config
file.

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