Re: set permanent date style

On Tue, 2002-06-18 at 15:26, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Nick Fankhauser" <nickf@ontko.com> writes:
> > Hmmm... I'm confused. It works for us. When I make this change in
> > postmaster.conf for our v7.2 install, it has the desired effect.
>
> I'm sorry, I thought that was a thinko for postgresql.conf.  Evidently
> not --- it must be a file that sets up environment variables for the
> postmaster.

That is correct; it sets PGDATESTYLE, PGDATA (indirectly), the logfile,
and offers the chance to send any special options to pg_ctl.

> > Perhaps this file is specific to the Debian package.

Probably.
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