ALTER SYSTEM is equal to editing postgresql.auto.conf, not postgres.conf

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Subject: ALTER SYSTEM is equal to editing postgresql.auto.conf, not postgres.conf
Date: 2017-07-13 10:53:38
Message-ID: 20170713105338.1687.18297@wrigleys.postgresql.org
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Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/config-setting.html
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> The already-mentioned ALTER SYSTEM command provides a SQL-accessible means
of changing global defaults; it is functionally equivalent to editing
postgresql.conf

Should not it be ...to editing postgresql.auto.conf?.. I know user is not
supposed to edit postgresql.auto.conf but this is what ALTER SYSTEM does,
not touching the postgres.conf - isn't is confusing in manual?..

Thank you

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