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Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes: > > OK, TODO updated: > > o %Allow commenting of variables in postgresql.conf to restore them > > to defaults > > > Currently, if a variable is commented out, it keeps the > > previous uncommented value until a server restarted. > > Logically, a reload should set the same values as a > > server restart. > > That all sounds nice, but unless you intend to fix all the constraints > that force some values to be set-only-at-postmaster-start, it's never > going to be possible to promise that a reload has the same effect as > restarting the server. We could do this for values that are not > PGC_POSTMASTER, but the argument given above for doing it is bogus. > > regards, tom lane > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
