Re: -S is missing in postgresql.conf?

> Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii@sra.co.jp> writes:
> > IMHO we should make -S be configurable in postgresql.conf and let
> > users choose what they want.
> 
> I agree.  Mind you, I think we should discourage use of -S, because it
> makes troubleshooting so much more difficult.  But we shouldn't remove
> the option; people who are running a stable application mix and not
> having problems may well think they don't need to expend disk space on
> a postmaster log.  And if we have the option then it ought to be
> supported uniformly via GUC.

Ok. I have committed the changes. The name for the option in
postgresql.conf is "silent_mode" taking a value true or false (default
to false). If silent_mode is set to true, it would have a same effect
as -S of postmaser.
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Tatsuo Ishii