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commit    6bec76faa4bd7eda34f213f0831d77506d66147c
Author:   Nathan Bossart <nathan@postgresql.org>
Date:     Fri Aug 09 15:52:37 2024 +0000
First released in: 18.0, 12.21, 13.17, 14.14, 15.9, 16.5, 17.0

    doc: Fix name of CRC algorithm in "Reliability" section.
    
    This section claims we use CRC-32 for WAL records and two-phase
    state files, but we've actually used CRC-32C since v9.5 (commit
    5028f22f6e).  Fix that.
    
    Reviewed-by: Robert Haas
    Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/ZrUFpLP-w2zTAHqq%40nathan
    Backpatch-through: 12


 doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
index 05e2a8f8be9..d5df65bc693 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
    <itemizedlist>
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      Each individual record in a WAL file is protected by a CRC-32 (32-bit) check
+      Each individual record in a WAL file is protected by a CRC-32C (32-bit) check
       that allows us to tell if record contents are correct. The CRC value
       is set when we write each WAL record and checked during crash recovery,
       archive recovery and replication.
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      Individual state files in <filename>pg_twophase</filename> are protected by CRC-32.
+      Individual state files in <filename>pg_twophase</filename> are protected by CRC-32C.
      </para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>


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