From 25d1ed04a2c4d176f6428b9eed57344e50f44d77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 22:46:51 -0500
Subject: Revert initdb --sync-only patch that had incorrect commit messages.

---
 doc/src/sgml/config.sgml     |  9 ---------
 doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml | 11 -----------
 2 files changed, 20 deletions(-)

(limited to 'doc/src')

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index b7df8ce6124..b56070b0fb9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -1696,15 +1696,6 @@ include 'filename'
         turning off <varname>fsync</varname>.
        </para>
 
-       <para>
-        For reliable recovery when changing <varname>fsync</varname>
-        off to on, it is necessary to force all modified buffers in the
-        kernel to durable storage.  This can be done while the cluster
-        is shutdown or while fsync is on by running <command>initdb
-        --sync-only</command>, running <command>sync</>, unmounting the
-        file system, or rebooting the server.
-       </para>
-
        <para>
         In many situations, turning off <xref linkend="guc-synchronous-commit">
         for noncritical transactions can provide much of the potential
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml
index a1e46eb4c67..08ee37e7d86 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml
@@ -244,17 +244,6 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
-     <varlistentry>
-      <term><option>-S</option></term>
-      <term><option>--sync-only</option></term>
-      <listitem>
-       <para>
-        Safely write all database files to disk and exit.  This does not
-        perform any of the normal <application>initdb</> operations.
-       </para>
-      </listitem>
-     </varlistentry>
-
      <varlistentry>
       <term><option>-T <replaceable>CFG</></option></term>
       <term><option>--text-search-config=<replaceable>CFG</></option></term>
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