Re: Thoughts on the location of configuration files, how about this: - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

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Subject Re: Thoughts on the location of configuration files, how about this:
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In response to Re: Thoughts on the location of configuration files, how about this:  ("Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD" <ZeugswetterA@spardat.at>)
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Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD wrote:
> 
> > I think the data directory should be explicitly configured by either the
> > posgresql.conf file, environment variable (PGDATA), or through the command line
> > option, but using the "configure" statedir isn't anything
> > anyone would object too.
> 
> Changing the default data location at this point would imho be a major hassle
> for those actually using the default.
> Thus I object to changing it.

The "new" proposed configuration should be 100% backward compatible with
existing scripts.


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