Hi, Peter Eisentraut [2006-08-28 13:35 +0200]: > If the postmaster command line (with options, arguments, etc.) is N > characters long, then the command lines of all child processes will > show up as N characters long in the ps display. This leads to ugly > output when you run "ps ax | grep post" or something like that, with > lots of empty lines. > > Here is the postmaster command line for 8.1: > > /usr/lib/postgresql/8.1/bin/postmaster -D /var/lib/postgresql/8.1/main -c > unix_socket_directory=/var/run/postgresql -c > config_file=/etc/postgresql/8.1/main/postgresql.conf -c > hba_file=/etc/postgresql/8.1/main/pg_hba.conf -c > ident_file=/etc/postgresql/8.1/main/pg_ident.conf -c > external_pid_file=/var/run/postgresql/8.1-main.pid > > I think most of these might as well be in the configuration file.
I think this is a reasonable proposal for new clusters. However, I would not like to touch existing clusters, since the danger of wrecking the configuration file is too big. Is this compromise ok for you? Thanks, Martin -- Martin Pitt http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer http://www.ubuntu.com Debian Developer http://www.debian.org In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates?
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