Looks like this is fixed in the pending patch that uses GUC calls to set
variables from the command line.
> Tom Lane writes:
>
> > This looks fairly bogus, given the comment on ResetAllOptions:
> >
> > /*
> > * Reset all options to their specified default values. Should only be
> > * called at program startup.
> > */
> >
> > Or is that OK now with the "makeDefault" addition to SetConfigOption?
>
> Evidently not quite:
>
> peter=# show port;
> NOTICE: port is 6543
> SHOW VARIABLE
> peter=# reset all;
> RESET VARIABLE
> peter=# show port;
> NOTICE: port is 5432
> SHOW VARIABLE
>
> This is because I started the postmaster with -p 6543, but that assigns to
> the variable directly and does not save it as default.
>
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