Re: BUG #19691: Wrong configuration in .../Postgres/var-19/postgresql.auto.conf

From: Jürgen Schmidt <jsschmidthb(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: BUG #19691: Wrong configuration in .../Postgres/var-19/postgresql.auto.conf
Date: 2026-09-16 15:42:21
Message-ID: CAPNnfixzZE-=PeJEc0CCfLTiYWDwv=e6uesUxM-2favq4dwaKQ@mail.gmail.com
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Thank you very much for the prompt responses and for your time.
Best regards, Juergen Schmidt

On Wed, 16 Sept 2026 at 16:13, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> "David G. Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > On Wednesday, September 16, 2026, PG Bug reporting form <
> > noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:
> >> The wrong line: shared_preload_libraries =
> >> '"auth_permission_dialog,pg_stat_statements"':
> >> The quotation marks must be removed.
>
> > Seems more likely to be operator error than a bug.
>
> Specifically, that is what you'd get from
>
> alter system set shared_preload_libraries =
> 'auth_permission_dialog,pg_stat_statements';
>
> Correct syntax is
>
> alter system set shared_preload_libraries =
> auth_permission_dialog,pg_stat_statements;
>
> You could quote the individual list items if you felt a need to:
>
> alter system set shared_preload_libraries = 'auth_permission_dialog',
> 'pg_stat_statements';
>
> but as-is you wrote a single list item that happens to contain a
> comma.
>
> regards, tom lane
>

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