On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 01:31:08PM -0700, Nathan Bossart wrote:
> A couple of other options to consider:
>
> 1) Always set log_min_messages to WARNING/ERROR/FATAL for 'postgres -C'.
> We might need some special logic for handling the case where the user is
> inspecting the log_min_messages parameter. With this approach, you'd
> probably never get extra output unless something was wrong (e.g., database
> already running when inspecting a runtime-computed GUC). Also, this would
> silence any extra output that you might see today with non-runtime-computed
> GUCs.
>
> 2) Add some way to skip just the shutdown message (e.g., a variable set
> when output_config_variable is true). With this approach, you wouldn't get
> extra output by default, but you still might if log_min_messages is set to
> something like DEBUG3. This wouldn't impact any extra output that you see
> today with non-runtime-computed GUCs.
I've attached a first attempt at option 1.
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Nathan Bossart
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