Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Warn users about duplicate configurationparameters - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Aleksander Alekseev
Subject Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Warn users about duplicate configurationparameters
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Msg-id 20170407182940.03b4cb0d@e754
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Warn users about duplicate configurationparameters  (Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>)
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Andres, Tatsuo,

Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

> -1 - I frequently just override earlier parameters by adding an
> include at the end of the file.  Also, with postgresql.auto.conf it's
> even more common to override parameters.

> -1 from me too by the same reason Andres said.

I see no problem here. After all, it's just warnings. We can even add
a GUC that disables them specially for experienced users who knows what
she or he is doing. And/or add special case for postgresql.auto.conf.

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Best regards,
Aleksander Alekseev

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