Re: [HACKERS] Inconsistencies between pg_settings and postgresql.conf

On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 11:50 AM, Adrian Escoms <adescoms(at)ongres(dot)com> wrote:
> I realized that the parameter 'shared_preload_libraries' used to belong to
> category 'Resource Usage / Kernel Resources' but since postgresql version
> 9.4 it was changed in pg_settings to 'Client Connection Defaults / Shared
> Library Preloading' but in postgresql.conf it remains unchanged.
> I attach the updated postgresql.conf.sample.diff with this change.

I think this is a good idea, except I'd leave out this hunk:

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# RESOURCE USAGE (except WAL)
+# RESOURCE USAGE
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# - Memory -

I think a parenthetical gloss is a little different than different
text, and not out of place in what is after all a sample file intended
to be read by humans.

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Robert Haas
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