Re: File-per-GUC WAS: Re: ALTER SYSTEM SET command to change postgresql.conf parameters (RE: Proposal for Allow postgresql.conf values to be changed via SQL [review]) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

* Josh Berkus (josh@agliodbs.com) wrote:
> I'll also point out that some of our settings only really "work" in
> combinations of two or more settings.  For example, one doesn't want to
> set archive_mode = on unless one is setting archive_command as well.

And one doesn't want to set archive_command w/o doing some kind of setup
work on the server in question, perhaps setting up SSH keys or putting a
decent shell script in place to be called from archive_command.  That's
part of my issue w/ this- the parameters which can't be set up correctly
through sole use of "ALTER SYSTEM" should be excluded from it and
instead set up through a config file.
Thanks,
    Stephen