Sawada Masahiko <sawada.mshk@gmail.com> writes:
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 12:37 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> Yes. The entire reason that postgresql.auto.conf is separate is that
>> we despaired of reading and rewriting postgresql.conf automatically
>> without making a hash of material in the comments. Calling the logic
>> a "merge tool" does not make that problem go away.
> The merge tool do not only to merge the all parameters in two
> configuration into one file but also to remove duplicate parameters.
> That is, the configuration files will be one file in logically.
I'll just say one more time that if we thought this could work, we'd not
have arrived at the separate-files design to begin with. You can work
on it if you like, but I will bet a good deal that you will not end up
with something that gets accepted.
regards, tom lane