On 2018-02-01 08:46:08 -0500, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 1/31/18 14:45, Robert Haas wrote:
> > We could do that, but I'd be more inclined just to let JIT be
> > magically enabled. In general, if a user could do 'yum install ip4r'
> > (for example) and have that Just Work without any further database
> > configuration,
>
> One way to do that would be to have a system-wide configuration file
> like /usr/local/pgsql/etc/postgresql/postgresql.conf, which in turn
> includes /usr/local/pgsql/etc/postgresql/postgreql.conf.d/*, and have
> the add-on package install its configuration file with the setting jit =
> on there.
I think Robert's comment about extensions wasn't about extensions and
jit, just about needing CREATE EXTENSION. I don't see any
need for per-extension/shlib configurability of JITing.
> Then again, if we want to make it simpler, just link the whole thing in
> and turn it on by default and be done with it.
I'd personally be ok with that too...
Greetings,
Andres Freund