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commit    37c5e5f4d45c66b5b43d976d50fbd04488f2c8ef
Author:   Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Date:     Fri Jun 14 00:26:39 2024 +0000
First released in: 17.0, 15.8, 16.4

    doc: Fix description WAL writer in glossary
    
    The WAL writer is an auxiliary process, but its description in the
    glossary did not match that.
    
    This is inexact since d3014fff4cd4.
    
    Author: Masahiro Ikeda
    Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/d3a5a4278fd8d9e7a47c6aa4db9e9a39@oss.nttdata.com
    Backpatch-through: 15


 doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml
index ada723a5227..a93517ae1a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml
@@ -2028,7 +2028,8 @@
    <glossterm>WAL writer (process)</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
     <para>
-     A process that writes <glossterm linkend="glossary-wal-record">WAL records</glossterm>
+     An <glossterm linkend="glossary-auxiliary-proc">auxiliary process</glossterm>
+     that writes <glossterm linkend="glossary-wal-record">WAL records</glossterm>
      from <glossterm linkend="glossary-shared-memory">shared memory</glossterm> to
      <glossterm linkend="glossary-wal-file">WAL files</glossterm>.
     </para>


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