pg_ctl needs a SIGHUP option
When modifying postgresql.conf (or, now, pg_hba.conf) one must send a
SIGHUP to the postmaster to get it to pay attention. Seems like it'd
be nice if pg_ctl had an option to do that, rather than having to muck
about with looking in ps output. Any objections? What should the
option be called? "pg_ctl hup" is short but maybe too Unix-sysadminy;
perhaps something like "pg_ctl reconfig"?
regards, tom lane
Tom Lane writes:
Any objections?
No. Definitely needed.
What should the option be called? "pg_ctl hup" is short but maybe too
Unix-sysadminy; perhaps something like "pg_ctl reconfig"?
If you accept the Linux Standards Base as a precedent for the other
options, it should be "reload". That will most easily map the the init.d
scripts.
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