Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> John Sidney-Woollett wrote:
> > Why not create this file during the "make install", and explicitly
> > set the current/standard default options (for psql) in the
> > $PREFIX/share/psqlrc file?
>
> Because it would take up space, computing power, and attention without
> achieving anything.
You could saw the same about installing postgresql.conf in /data. It is
not required and doesn't do anything. It just makes changes easier.
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