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authorMichael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>2019-02-28 11:02:23 +0900
committerMichael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>2019-02-28 11:02:23 +0900
commitab1d9f066aee4f9b81abde6136771debe0191ae8 (patch)
tree0a136e700753a8a29979671a9b10ab0999606955 /doc/src
parent406e937d124842b3c268f1d96848b73d8defc05a (diff)
Improve documentation of data_sync_retry
Reflecting an updated parameter value requires a server restart, which was not mentioned in the documentation and in postgresql.conf.sample. Reported-by: Thomas Poty Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/15659-0cd812f13027a2d8@postgresql.org
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index cd868e36d21..ef0787a5a13 100644
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+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -7783,7 +7783,8 @@ dynamic_library_path = 'C:\tools\postgresql;H:\my_project\lib;$libdir'
<para>
When set to false, which is the default, <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
will raise a PANIC-level error on failure to flush modified data files
- to the filesystem. This causes the database server to crash.
+ to the filesystem. This causes the database server to crash. This
+ parameter can only be set at server start.
</para>
<para>
On some operating systems, the status of data in the kernel's page