Re: [PATCH] HINT: pg_hba.conf changed since last config reload

On 2014-12-15 19:38:16 +0300, Alex Shulgin wrote:
> Attached is the modified version of the original patch by Craig,
> addressing the handling of the new hint_log error data field and
> removing the client-side HINT.

I'm not a big fan of this implementation. We're adding a fair bit of
infrastructure (i.e. server-only hints) where in other places we use
NOTICE for similar hints.

Why don't we just add emit a NOTICE or WARNING in the relevant place
saying that pg_hba.conf is outdated? Then the server won't log those if
configured appropriately, which doesn't seem like a bad thing. Note that
<= ERROR messages aren't sent to the client during authentication.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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