> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> >> We could offer a --with switch to manually choose the default, too.
>
> > Good idea, yes. Not sure if we need a --with switch because they can
> > just edit the postgresql.conf or postgresql.conf.sample file.
>
> Well, we have a --with switch for DEF_MAXBACKENDS, so one for the
> default number of buffers doesn't seem too unreasonable. I wouldn't
> bother with it if configure didn't have to touch the value anyway...
> but it's just another line or two in configure.in...
Yes, we could add that too, but now that we have postgresql.conf should
we even be mentioning stuff like that in configure. In the old days we
had a compiled-in limit but that is not true anymore, right?
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