Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Warn users about duplicate configurationparameters

On 2017-04-07 18:29:40 +0300, Aleksander Alekseev wrote:
> Andres, Tatsuo,
> 
> Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
> 
> > -1 - I frequently just override earlier parameters by adding an
> > include at the end of the file.  Also, with postgresql.auto.conf it's
> > even more common to override parameters.
> 
> > -1 from me too by the same reason Andres said.
> 
> I see no problem here. After all, it's just warnings. We can even add
> a GUC that disables them specially for experienced users who knows what
> she or he is doing. And/or add special case for postgresql.auto.conf.

More useless warnings make actual warnings less useful.

Greetings,

Andres Freund