Re: A small update for postgresql.conf.sample

Robert Haas wrote:
> 2010/10/14 Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>:
> > Robert Haas wrote:
> >> 2010/9/27 Devrim G?ND?Z <devrim@gunduz.org>:
> >> > On Mon, 2010-09-27 at 09:40 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> >> >> > Actually, I don't see any reason why not to backpatch it.
> >> >>
> >> >> I was wondering if it would cause package management headaches for
> >> >> people who had already modified their postgresql.conf.
> >> >
> >> > We don't overwrite .conf files during upgrades.
> >>
> >> All right, have it your way. ?Done. ?:-)
> >>
> >> (Dang this is a lot easier than the old way.)
> >
> > Uh, I have always been reluctant to backpatch changes to
> > postgresql.conf.sample because those changes are going to be installed
> > in share/postgresql.conf.sample during a minor upgrade. ?After that, if
> > someone diffs their data/postgresql.conf with
> > share/postgresql.conf.sample, they will see change that they did not
> > make to postgresql.conf.
> >
> > Not sure you want to revert this changes, but I wanted to be sure people
> > understood this behavior.
> 
> Yeah, I think the horse has left the barn on these changes, since they
> are in 9.0.1 at this point, but it's certainly something to keep in
> mind.

Yes, I suspected that, but it is an effect I wanted to point out for the
future.

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