Re: Parsing config files in a directory - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Parsing config files in a directory
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Msg-id 28509.1256671557@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Parsing config files in a directory  (Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>)
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Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu> writes:
> I still think a simple hard coded rule is more useful and than allowing
> sysadmins to specify any regexp or glob and then having modules or
> tools not know what's allowed or not.

Yeah.  Considering that the entire argument for this feature is to
simplify matters for automated config tools, I can't understand why
we'd be adding details that complicate life for them without buying
any significant benefit.
        regards, tom lane


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