I have a new idea. You know how we have search_path where you can specify multiple schema names. What if we allow the config_dirs/-C to specify multiple directories to search for config files. That way, we can use only one variable, and we can allow people to place different config files in different directories.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Sullivan wrote: > On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 12:16:44AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > > Nor will I buy an argument that only a few developers have need for test > > installations. Ordinary users will want to do that anytime they are > > doing preliminary tests on a new PG version before migrating their > > production database to it. To the extent that you make manual selection > > of a nonstandard data_dir location more difficult and error-prone, you > > are hurting them too. > > Not only that. For safety's sake, you may need to run multiple > postmasters on one machine (so that database user X can't DoS > database user Y, for instance). And making that sort of > production-grade work more difficult and error-prone would also be > bad. > > A > > -- > ---- > Andrew Sullivan 204-4141 Yonge Street > Liberty RMS Toronto, Ontario Canada > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> M2P 2A8 > +1 416 646 3304 x110 > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
