Cool. That fixes the problem I was having perfectly.
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Lane" <tgl@svr1.postgresql.org>
To: <pgsql-committers@postgresql.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 3:04 AM
Subject: [COMMITTERS] pgsql-server/src/backend bootstrap/bootstrap.c ...
> CVSROOT: /cvsroot
> Module name: pgsql-server
> Changes by: tgl@svr1.postgresql.org 03/09/02 16:04:13
>
> Modified files:
> src/backend/bootstrap: bootstrap.c
> src/backend/tcop: postgres.c
>
> Log message:
> Cause standalone backend (including bootstrap case) to read the GUC
> config file if it exists. This was already discussed as being a good
> idea, and now seems the cleanest way to deal with initdb-time failures
> on machines with small SHMMAX. (The submitted patches instead modified
> initdb.sh to pass the correct sizing parameters, but that would still
> leave standalone backends prone to failure later. An admin who needs
> to use a standalone backend has enough trouble already, he shouldn't
> have to manually configure its shmem settings...)
>
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