Peter,
> I don't understand how that is related. Or what a conversion utility
> would be for that matter.
Well, the main issue with changing the units of the PostgreSQL.conf file
from a user perspective is that the numbers from you 8.0/8.1 conf file
would no longer work. A little conversion utilitily to turn your 8.0
file into an 8.2 file would help solve that.
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--Josh
Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL @ Sun
San Francisco