Re: location of the configuration files

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> I would favor a setup that allows a -C *directory* (not file) to be
>> specified as a postmaster parameter separately from the -D directory;

> A directory is not going to satisfy people.

Why not?  Who won't it satisfy, and what's their objection?

AFAICS, you can either set -C to /etc if you want your PG config files
loose in /etc, or you can set it to /etc/postgresql/ if you want them
in a privately-owned directory.  Which other arrangements are needed?
        regards, tom lane