| From: | Mark Kirkwood <markir(at)paradise(dot)net(dot)nz> |
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| To: | pgsql(at)mohawksoft(dot)com |
| Cc: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, rm_pg(at)cheapcomplexdevices(dot)com, Christopher Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL configuration |
| Date: | 2004-04-13 08:09:52 |
| Message-ID: | 407BA050.4070603@paradise.net.nz |
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pgsql(at)mohawksoft(dot)com wrote:
>ii) I think the -C switch *WITH* the -D switch has viable usability.
>Consider this, you are testing two different database layouts and/or RAID
>controllers. You could easily bounce back and forth from *identical*
>configurations like this:
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Convenient indeed, but I would like to see the association of .conf file
-> data dir remain reasonably solid. Its all about the foot gun.
>iii) I don't like the PID file at all. Not one bit, but I had a few people
>ask for it in the patch, it works as advertized and expected. It isn't my
>place to say how someone should use something. One of my customers wanted
>it, so I provided them with it. That is the beauty of open source.
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I think that there is a difference between a special patch suitable for
a particular customer and general release, and that maybe this addition
falls right in there.
best wishes
Mark
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