Thread: [9.1 beta 1] log_timezone = "unknown" does not work any more
Hello all, I (or rather the Debian postgresql-common) test suite noticed that postgresql.conf's "log_timezone =3D unknown" does not work any more: server starting FATAL: invalid value for parameter "log_timezone": "unknown" I think this should be considered a regression, as it's still in postgresql.conf.sample, and in the documentation [1]. Thanks, Martin [1] http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/runtime-config-logging.= html#GUC-LOG-TIMEZONE --=20 Martin Pitt | http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer (www.ubuntu.com) | Debian Developer (www.debian.org)
Martin Pitt <mpitt@debian.org> writes:
> Hello all,
> I (or rather the Debian postgresql-common) test suite noticed that
> postgresql.conf's "log_timezone = unknown" does not work any more:
That was an intentional change, actually. Do you have a real use case
for setting it that way?
> I think this should be considered a regression, as it's still in
> postgresql.conf.sample, and in the documentation [1].
Hm. I forgot to modify postgresql.conf.sample, and I'm not entirely
sure what to change it to. Maybe just do
#log_timezone = '(default is system's timezone)'
Anyone have a better idea?
regards, tom lane
Hello, Tom Lane [2011-05-10 10:35 -0400]: > That was an intentional change, actually. Do you have a real use case > for setting it that way? I don't, it's quite an useless setting. I just stumbled over it as I use the standard upstream postgresql.conf.sample files (uncommented, of course) in the self tests for configuration rewriting on major version upgrade. I'm happy to change them to use a real value. > > I think this should be considered a regression, as it's still in > > postgresql.conf.sample, and in the documentation [1]. > > Hm. I forgot to modify postgresql.conf.sample, and I'm not entirely > sure what to change it to. Maybe just do > > #log_timezone = '(default is system's timezone)' FWIW, looks tood to me. This makes it a lot more obvious that this isn't an accepted literal value. Thanks! Martin -- Martin Pitt | http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer (www.ubuntu.com) | Debian Developer (www.debian.org)