Re: Another documentation issue - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Another documentation issue
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Msg-id 1431982.1745433654@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Another documentation issue  (Igor Korot <ikorot01@gmail.com>)
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Igor Korot <ikorot01@gmail.com> writes:
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> If we do anything about this, I'd just say "systems that have
>> posix_fadvise()".  If we write something more specific it's likely to
>> become obsolete, and it doesn't seem to me that it's hard for someone
>> to research "does my box have posix_fadvise()?

> Imagine a person that wants to write a program which will cover creating
> the table space.
> Such person needs to cover the appropriate fields with possible values.
> Is there a #define such person should check to cover the appropriate values?

HAVE_POSIX_FADVISE.  Seems to me it'd be way easier to find that
from documentation that mentions posix_fadvise than from documentation
that says "it works on systems X, Y, Z".

            regards, tom lane



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