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* Comments on commit regarding checksums (2266db39)
@ 2013-03-19 00:52  Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>
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From: Jeff Davis @ 2013-03-19 00:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pgsql-docs; +Cc: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>

2PC state files actually are protected by CRC32 (see EndPrepare()), and
so is pg_control (which is not mentioned).

If we want to be thorough, it might be worth mentioning that we expect
filesystem metadata to not be corrupted/lost, either.

Regards,
	Jeff Davis



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* Re: Comments on commit regarding checksums (2266db39)
@ 2013-03-19 08:59  Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
  parent: Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>
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From: Simon Riggs @ 2013-03-19 08:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>; +Cc: pgsql-docs

On 19 March 2013 00:52, Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com> wrote:
> 2PC state files actually are protected by CRC32 (see EndPrepare()), and
> so is pg_control (which is not mentioned).
>
> If we want to be thorough, it might be worth mentioning that we expect
> filesystem metadata to not be corrupted/lost, either.

Added separate comments for each point.

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