Re: BUG #17212: pg_amcheck fails on checking temporary relations - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Mark Dilger
Subject Re: BUG #17212: pg_amcheck fails on checking temporary relations
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Msg-id 648228C8-BD93-4C03-BFB2-6DE7AACE1628@enterprisedb.com
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In response to Re: BUG #17212: pg_amcheck fails on checking temporary relations  (Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>)
Responses Re: BUG #17212: pg_amcheck fails on checking temporary relations  (Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>)
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> On Oct 11, 2021, at 11:26 AM, Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie> wrote:
>
> We should have a warning box about this in the pg_amcheck docs. Users
> should think carefully about ever using --parent-check, since it alone
> totally changes the locking requirements (actually --rootdescend will
> do that too, but only because that option also implies
> --parent-check).

The recently submitted patch already contains a short paragraph for each of these, but not a warning box.  Should I
reformatthose as warning boxes?  I don't know the current thinking on the appropriateness of that documentation style. 
—
Mark Dilger
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