On Wed, 31 May 2000, Tom Lane wrote:
> > If SHOW PG_OPTIONS; is executed, one of the lines is
> > o NOTICE: nofsync=0
> > now, SET PG_OPTIONS TO 'nofsync=1';
> > SHOW PG_OPTIONS;
> > o NOTICE: nofsync=1
> The syntax is unnecessarily obscure and arse-backwards :-(.
No kidding.
Actually, since yesterday you can disable fsync in a multitude of ways:
postmaster -F
postmaster -o '-F'
postmaster --enable-fsync=off
SET ENABLE_FSYNC TO OFF;
but feel free to not care because after all ...
> Once the WAL revisions are done the whole issue will go away anyway,
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