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To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
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Subject: Re: Rather incorrect text in admin guide
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From: Michael Graff <explorer@flame.org>
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:

> > NetBSD (which I use) will allow file sizes up to 2^64 -- I don't think
> > anyone has generated a postgresql database that large yet.
> 
> Possibly, but how is this relevant to what *could* be done?

Mainly that the whole section seems targeted at older OSs which cannot
write large files which pg_dumpall can generate.

Stating that this is only a requirement on some OSs seems to make
sense.

--Michael