Re: [PATCH] postgresql.conf.sample->postgresql.conf.sample.in - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

This is usable for build installable postgresql.conf.SAMPLE. At the
configure phase, it is possible to include / exclude parameters in the
sample depending on the selected options (--enable - * / - disable- *
etc ..)

On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 2:21 PM Peter Eisentraut
<peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>
> On 2020-03-28 10:00, i.taranov@postgrespro.ru wrote:
> > A patch for converting postgresql.conf.sample to
> > postgresql.conf.sample.in . This feature allows you to manage the
> > contents of postgresql.conf.sample at the configure phase.
> >
> > Usage example:
> >
> >       ./configure --enable-foo
> >
> >
> > configure.in:
> >
> >       foo_params=$(cat <<-END
> >         foo_param1 = on
> >         foo_param2 = 16
> >       END
> >       )
> >       AC_SUBST(foo_params)
> >
> >
> > postgresql.conf.sample.in:
> >
> >       @foo_params@
> >
> >
> > postgresql.conf.sample:
> >
> >       foo_param1 = on
> >       foo_param2 = 16
>
> Why do we need that?  We already have the capability to make initdb edit
> postgresql.conf.
>
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