The previous version of the docs mentioned that files are rewritten,
implying that a second copy of each file gets created, but each file is
updated in-place.
Author: Michael Banck
Reviewed-by: Daniel Gustafsson, Michael Paquier
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/
858086b6a42fb7d17995b6175856f7e7ec44d0a2.camel@credativ.de
Backpatch-through: 12
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When verifying checksums, every file in the cluster is scanned. When
- enabling checksums, every file in the cluster is rewritten. Disabling
- checksums only updates the file <filename>pg_control</filename>.
+ enabling checksums, every file in the cluster is rewritten in-place.
+ Disabling checksums only updates the file <filename>pg_control</filename>.
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