Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> writes: > > Tom Lane wrote: > >> Yeah. I think the only sensible way to do this would be to provide an > >> operating mode for the postgres executable that would just parse the > >> config file and spit out requested values. > > > That would certainly solve the problem, though it would have to be > > backpatched all the way back to 8.4, and it would require pg_upgrade > > users to be on newer minor versions of Postgres. > > I would just say "no" to people who expect this to work against older > versions of Postgres. I think it's sufficient if we get this into HEAD > so that it will work in the future.
Well, it is going to work in the future only when the _old_ version is 9.2+. Specifically, pg_upgrade using the flag could be patched to just 9.2, but the flag has to be supported on old and new backends for that to work. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
