Re: location of the configuration files

Kevin Brown wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > OK, here is an updated proposal.  I think we have decided:
> > 
> >     Moving postmaster.pid and postmaster.opts isn't worth it.
> > 
> >     We don't want per-file GUC variables, but assume it is in
> >     the same config directory as postgresql.conf.  I don't
> >     see any valid reason they would want to put them somewhere
> >     different than postgresql.conf.
> > 
> > So, we add data_dir to postgresql.conf, and add -C/PGCONFIG to
> > postmaster.
> 
> Agreed.  One additional thing: when pg_ctl invokes the postmaster, it
> should explicitly specify -C on the postmaster command line, and if it
> doesn't find a data_dir in $PGCONFIG/postgresql.conf then it should
> explicitly specify a -D as well.  Pg_ctl is going to have to be
> modified to take a -C argument anyway, so we may as well go all the
> way to do the right thing here.
> 
> This way, people who start the database using the standard tools we
> supply will know exactly what's going on when they get a "ps" listing.

No.  If you want ps to display, don't use environment variables. Many
don't care --- especially those with only one postmaster.

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