Re: BUG #8375: pg_hba.conf: Include_dir like in postgresql.conf

hv@tbz-pariv.de writes:
> For easier deployment it would be nice to have an include_dir directive in
> pg_hba.conf.

This doesn't seem like a remarkably good idea from here, mainly because
entries in pg_hba.conf are critically order-dependent.  Dropping random
entries into a conf.d-like directory could produce unexpected results
--- and in this case, "unexpected result" probably means "security
failure".

            regards, tom lane