| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>, Postgres hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Uncommented GUC in postgresql.conf.sample |
| Date: | 2025-11-14 14:51:03 |
| Message-ID: | aRdB10QRdvMXa4IQ@momjian.us |
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On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 09:44:42AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> writes:
> > When looking at the nearby suggestion to add deprecation comment for md5 in the
> > .conf.sample, I happened to notice that autovacuum_worker_slots isn't commented
> > out it the sample file.
>
> > AFAIK all GUCs in the sample file should be set to their defaults and left
> > commented out.
>
> Yes, that is surely a bug. It should be fixed and back-patched.
Yes, but again, be aware that only new initdb's will see this change.
People doing a diff against an old postgresql.conf file and a new
initdb's postgresql.conf.sample in the same major release might see this
change and think they did it.
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