pgsql: Change postgresql.conf.sample to say that fsync=off will corrupt

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#1Robert Haas
robertmhaas@gmail.com

Change postgresql.conf.sample to say that fsync=off will corrupt data.

Discussion: 24748.1461764666@sss.pgh.pa.us

Per a suggestion from Craig Ringer. This wording from Tom Lane,
following discussion.

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master

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http://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/a31212b429cd3397fb3147b1a584ae33224454a6

Modified Files
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src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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#2Tom Lane
tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
In reply to: Robert Haas (#1)
Re: pgsql: Change postgresql.conf.sample to say that fsync=off will corrupt

Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org> writes:

Change postgresql.conf.sample to say that fsync=off will corrupt data.

Why did you say "disk corruption" rather than "data corruption"?
The former is not a phrase we usually use.

regards, tom lane

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#3Robert Haas
robertmhaas@gmail.com
In reply to: Tom Lane (#2)
Re: pgsql: Change postgresql.conf.sample to say that fsync=off will corrupt

On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 2:17 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org> writes:

Change postgresql.conf.sample to say that fsync=off will corrupt data.

Why did you say "disk corruption" rather than "data corruption"?
The former is not a phrase we usually use.

Oops. Will go fix that now.

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