RE: upgrade questions

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Ribe <scott_ribe@elevated-dev.com> 
Sent: Friday, February 9, 2024 12:08 PM
To: David Barron <david.barron@zencos.com>
Cc: pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: upgrade questions

EXTERNAL SENDER

> On Feb 9, 2024, at 10:00 AM, David Barron <david.barron@zencos.com> wrote:
>
> I’ve also seen references to copying over the pg_hba.conf and postgresql.conf files from the old data directory to
thenew.
 

>Then you will be getting default values for the many, many parameters added to postgresql.conf between 11 & 15--and
willhave no explanatory entries documenting them. A >much better suggestion is to diff the two, and apply
customizationsfrom the old to the new. (Also skim release notes for any that have been mooted.)
 

That's a good point I had not considered.