Re: Include.d and warnings

Andomar <andomar@aule.net> writes:
> We've set up an include directory in postgresql.conf:
>      include_dir = 'conf.d'

> The include directory has a file that changes the value of
> "max_connections".

> Now when we reload Postgres, an error appears in the logs:

> -----
> parameter ""max_connections"" cannot be changed without restarting the
> server
> ...
> configuration file ""/var/lib/pgsql/9.4/data/postgresql.conf"" contains
> errors; unaffected changes were applied
> -----

> But max_connections did not change before the reload.  It is just
> overruled in an included configuration file.

This is fixed in 9.4 and up.  Since it's just cosmetic, we did not
back-patch the change.

            regards, tom lane