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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pg.conf re-reading in signal handler or at next return to main loop?
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Msg-id 16459.1141590630@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to pg.conf re-reading in signal handler or at next return to main loop?  ("Markus Bertheau" <mbertheau.pg@googlemail.com>)
Responses Re: pg.conf re-reading in signal handler or at next return to main loop?  ("Markus Bertheau" <mbertheau.pg@googlemail.com>)
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"Markus Bertheau" <mbertheau.pg@googlemail.com> writes:
> SIGHUP_handler() calls ProcessConfigFile() which calls
> ParseConfigFile() which reads postgresql.conf.

> For me that means that postgresql.conf in read in the signal handler,
> which contradicts the claim in the README. Where's my error?

The comment is referring to the control flow in a backend; you're
looking at the postmaster's sighup handler, which is different.
        regards, tom lane

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