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authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2004-09-20 17:53:59 +0000
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2004-09-20 17:53:59 +0000
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parentfbbdfa413edb97557292b2e9f46fed0ea6ede717 (diff)
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Documentation improvements, per Josh Berkus.
-rw-r--r--src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index 67b9dbadafc..749fa19beb0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
# allowed values can be found in the PostgreSQL documentation. The
# commented-out settings shown in this file represent the default values.
#
+# Please note that re-commenting a setting is NOT sufficient to revert it
+# to the default value, unless you restart the postmaster.
+#
# Any option can also be given as a command line switch to the
# postmaster, e.g. 'postmaster -c log_connections=on'. Some options
# can be changed at run-time with the 'SET' SQL command.
@@ -18,7 +21,8 @@
# This file is read on postmaster startup and when the postmaster
# receives a SIGHUP. If you edit the file on a running system, you have
# to SIGHUP the postmaster for the changes to take effect, or use
-# "pg_ctl reload".
+# "pg_ctl reload". Some settings, such as listen_address, require
+# a postmaster shutdown and restart to take effect.
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------