Re: make "wal_debug" GUC var a boolean - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: make "wal_debug" GUC var a boolean
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Msg-id 19707.1071241278@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: make "wal_debug" GUC var a boolean  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: make "wal_debug" GUC var a boolean  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Re: make "wal_debug" GUC var a boolean  (Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> I agree with this, but would it be possible to fold it into the normal
> debug output mechanisms?  I don't think debugging WAL is any more
> important nowadays than any other component.

I agree.  Having a special debug variable for WAL seems like a
short-term thing whose time has passed.  You could probably even
make that code a compile-time option like the others at the
bottom of pg_config_manual.h.

            regards, tom lane

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