Re: unite recovery.conf and postgresql.conf

On Sep 24, 2011, at 1:04 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> I don't exactly buy this argument.  If postgresql.conf is hard to
> machine-edit, why is recovery.conf any easier?

Because you generally just write a brand-new file, without worrying about preserving existing settings. You aren't
reallyediting at all, just writing. 

>
>> What if we modified pg_ctl to allow passing configuration parameters
>> through to postmaster,
>
> You mean like pg_ctl -o?

Oh, cool. Yes, like that.

...Robert