doc: Clarify passphrase command reloading on Windows

When running on Windows (or EXEC_BACKEND) the SSL configuration will
be reloaded on each backend start, so the passphrase command will be
reloaded along with it.  This implies that passphrase command reload
must be enabled on Windows for connections to work at all.  Document
this since it wasn't mentioned explicitly, and will there add markup
for parameter value to match the rest of the docs.

Backpatch to all supported versions.

Author: Daniel Gustafsson <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Chao Li <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Peter Eisentraut <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/5F301096-921A-427D-8EC1-EBAEC2A35082@yesql.se
Backpatch-through: 14

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index ed1b60219fc29977014d11951483de9038879ef0..4170676f1e278b4211cc290ddf431d95362376dd 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -1587,7 +1587,7 @@ include_dir 'conf.d'
         This parameter determines whether the passphrase command set by
         <varname>ssl_passphrase_command</varname> will also be called during a
         configuration reload if a key file needs a passphrase.  If this
-        parameter is off (the default), then
+        parameter is <literal>off</literal> (the default), then
         <varname>ssl_passphrase_command</varname> will be ignored during a
         reload and the SSL configuration will not be reloaded if a passphrase
         is needed.  That setting is appropriate for a command that requires a
@@ -1595,6 +1595,12 @@ include_dir 'conf.d'
         running.  Setting this parameter to on might be appropriate if the
         passphrase is obtained from a file, for example.
        </para>
+       <para>
+        This parameter must be set to <literal>on</literal> when running on
+        <systemitem class="osname">Windows</systemitem> since all connections
+        will perform a configuration reload due to the different process model
+        of that platform.
+       </para>
        <para>
         This parameter can only be set in the <filename>postgresql.conf</filename>
         file or on the server command line.