Re: Confusing message in log file

Bruce Momjian escribió:
> Gurjeet Singh wrote:

> > May 14 21:38:40 sfphotodb001 postgres[29658]: [19-1] 2008-05-14 21:38:40
> > PDTLOG:  received SIGHUP, reloading configuration files
> > May 14 21:38:40 sfphotodb001 postgres[29658]: [20-1] 2008-05-14 21:38:40
> > PDTLOG:  parameter "shared_buffers" cannot be changed after server start;
> > configuration file change ignored

> >     What's confusing about this is that the second message says
> > 'configuration file change ignored', so I expect the changed (newly enabled)
> > archive_command to not take effect. But in fact, it does take effect.
> > 
> >     The message probably should be rephrased to say that this setting
> > (shared_buffers) will not be changed.
> 
> Actually, no one else has been confused by this wording before, and I
> can't think of better wording that doesn't sound redundant.

Perhaps this is because not enough people have seen it.  I agree that
the message should specify that only this setting has been ignored.

In any case, this seems a case of stuffing too much in the primary
message.  I think it should be something like

errmsg("parameter \"shared_buffer\" change in configuration file ignored"),
errdetail("This parameter cannot be changed after server start.")

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