Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com> writes:
> My reasoning at the time was that library preloading shouldn't prevent
> the postmaster from starting, even if it is unsuccessful, but now I
> wonder if that was a good idea.
It seems entirely sensible to me for the postmaster to choke on invalid
settings in postgresql.conf. Better than failing to mention the problem
at all, anyway.
> 2) do you want a patch that exports plperl_init_all() (and I guess
> similar init functions in pltcl and plpython)?
Yeah, I guess. Might as well make one in plpgsql too --- even if it
does nothing today, it might be useful in the future, so the
documentation ought to recommend "call 'plxxx_init' when preloading plxxx"
as a general thing.
regards, tom lane