Re: Notes on config-file-locations patch

Tom Lane wrote:
> The main difference between this and the CVS-tip behavior is that
> if you want to specify the main config file directly, you write
> --config_file instead of -D.  I think that's less confusing than
> overloading -D with multiple meanings.

I seem to recall that this was proposed all along (with the option named 
-C), before it was torn apart and reassembled.  I'm happy with it.

> It wasn't clear to me whether we had a consensus to prevent
> non-superusers from reading the values of these GUC variables.

I think in general operating system details should be hidden from users.

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Peter Eisentraut
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