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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2014-01-31 19:04:37 -0500
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2014-01-31 19:05:00 -0500
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doc: mention data page checksums in WAL section
Backpatch to 9.3 Adjusted patch from Ian Lawrence Barwick
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</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Data pages are not currently checksummed, though full page images recorded
- in WAL records will be protected. Data pages have a 16-bit field available
- for future use with a data page checksum feature.
+ Data pages are not currently checksummed by default, though full page images
+ recorded in WAL records will be protected; see<link
+ linkend="app-initdb-data-checksums"><application>initdb</></link>
+ for details about enabling data page checksums.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>