RE: Proposed WAL changes - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Hiroshi Inoue
Subject RE: Proposed WAL changes
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Msg-id EKEJJICOHDIEMGPNIFIJKEMBDMAA.Inoue@tpf.co.jp
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In response to AW: Proposed WAL changes  (Zeugswetter Andreas SB <ZeugswetterA@wien.spardat.at>)
Responses Re: Proposed WAL changes  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zeugswetter Andreas SB
> 
> > >> Remove archdir from pg_control; it ought to be a GUC
> > >> parameter, not a special case (not that it's implemented 
> > yet anyway).
> > 
> > > Is archdir really a GUC parameter ?
> > 
> > Why shouldn't it be?  I see nothing wrong with changing it on-the-fly.
> 
> Yes, I think this is a good change, like all others except XID 
> assignment :-)
> 

Could GUC parameters be changed permanently e.g. by SET command ?

For example,
1) start postmaster
2) set archdir to '....'
3) shutdown postmaster

Does PostgreSQL remember the archdir parameter ?

Regards,
Hiroshi Inoue


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