Tom Lane wrote:
> Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
>
>> I don't see why we couldn't move the hba call specifically, though.
>> That's a fairly common error, so it would be good if the output went
>> to the place that is actually configured in postgresql.conf. It's at
>> least a lot more likely than most other things that are prior to
>> syslogger startup.
>>
>
> Oh, you mean move load_hba *down*, past the syslogger startup?
> Yeah, that would probably be all right.
>
>
Well, that's what I originally said, yes ;-)
But I don't think that precludes your more general suggestion regarding
startup errors. In particular, I think moving the hba load down would be
reasonable to backpatch to 8.4, whereas I doubt the general fix would.
cheers
andrew