"Markus Bertheau" <mbertheau.pg@googlemail.com> writes:
> SIGHUP_handler() calls ProcessConfigFile() which calls
> ParseConfigFile() which reads postgresql.conf.

> For me that means that postgresql.conf in read in the signal handler,
> which contradicts the claim in the README. Where's my error?

The comment is referring to the control flow in a backend; you're
looking at the postmaster's sighup handler, which is different.

regards, tom lane

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