Re: TODO questions

Tom Lane wrote:
> Ron Mayer <rm_pg@cheapcomplexdevices.com> writes:
> > The most unambiguous behavior would be to not have
> > commented out values in the config file at all.
> 
> Yeah, Robert Treat suggested that upthread, and I think it's been pushed
> by others too.
> 
> The only argument I can see against it is that it'll take longer for the
> system to process such a file; but do we really care about a few more
> microseconds to respond to SIGHUP?
> 
> This does not address the problem that changing PGC_POSTMASTER values in
> the file won't do anything without a postmaster restart.  Greg Stark's
> suggestion of marking each PGC_POSTMASTER variable with a warning
> comment in postgresql.conf seems reasonable to me, though.

We should issue a warning in the server logs if someone tries to modify
a postmastger-only value on reload.  Added to TODO:
       o Issue a warning if a change-on-restart-only postgresql.conf value         is modified  and the server config
filesare reloaded       o Mark change-on-restart-only values in postgresql.conf
 

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