Re: Doc: shared_memory_size_in_huge_pages with the "SHOW" command. - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David G. Johnston
Subject Re: Doc: shared_memory_size_in_huge_pages with the "SHOW" command.
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Msg-id CAKFQuwY+59_FofYO-ZeFMa2Dnn8Wq6soU8W3y2u-baDATGcY6w@mail.gmail.com
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On Friday, October 11, 2024, Seino Yuki <seinoyu@oss.nttdata.com> wrote:


The current documentation explains the use of the postgres -C command,
but this method may be limited in DBaaS or managed service environments.
In particular, CloudNativePG does not allow the server to be stopped,
making the execution of $ postgres -C impossible.

If your environment doesn’t allow shutting down the Postgres service it seems highly unlikely you’d be able to perform the other low-level operating system actions required here as well.

I think the wording is fine as-is, though for consistency with an earlier mention on the page we could instead write:

This parameter can be viewed before starting the server with a postgres command like:

David J.

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