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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/release-18.sgml | 39 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-18.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-18.sgml index 19e770c65b5..268fa88cbe0 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-18.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-18.sgml @@ -54,6 +54,24 @@ <itemizedlist> <!-- +Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> +2024-10-16 [04bec894a04] initdb: Change default to using data checksums. +--> + +<listitem> +<para> +Change initdb default to enable data checksums +<ulink url="&commit_baseurl;04bec894a04">§</ulink> +</para> + +<para> +Checksums can be disabled with the new initdb option --no-data-checksums. +pg_upgrade requires matching cluster checksum settings, so this new +option can be useful to upgrade non-checksum old clusters. +</para> +</listitem> + +<!-- Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> 2025-01-16 [d7674c9fa] Seek zone abbreviations in the IANA data before timezone --> @@ -194,27 +212,6 @@ These were previously zero-based. </para> </listitem> -<!-- -Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> -2024-10-16 [04bec894a04] initdb: Change default to using data checksums. ---> - -<listitem> -<para> -initdb defaults to enabling data checksums -<ulink url="&commit_baseurl;04bec894a04">§</ulink> -</para> - -<para> -The previous default behavior (checksums disabled) can be obtained using the -new option --no-data-checksums. Note that pg_upgrade will reject upgrading -between clusters with different checksum settings, so if the old cluster does -not have checksums enabled (the previous default), then the new cluster will -need to be initialized with --no-data-checksums in order to allow pg_upgrade -to succeed. -</para> -</listitem> - </itemizedlist> </sect2> |