doc: Clarify old WAL files are kept until they are summarized.
authorFujii Masao <fujii@postgresql.org>
Sun, 15 Dec 2024 02:18:18 +0000 (11:18 +0900)
committerFujii Masao <fujii@postgresql.org>
Sun, 15 Dec 2024 02:20:18 +0000 (11:20 +0900)
commit87e16d632622c622244dba8d1bfc8afbf222d614
treee2b3cde9906af5da977ea452388486165e7f54b7
parent3652de36e4323e9bd528011b181ee46252c4ce58
doc: Clarify old WAL files are kept until they are summarized.

The documentation in wal.sgml explains that old WAL files cannot be
removed or recycled until they are archived (when WAL archiving is used)
or replicated (when using replication slots). However, it did not mention
that, similarly, old WAL files are also kept until they are summarized
if WAL summarization is enabled. This commit adds that clarification
to the documentation.

Back-patch to v17 where WAL summarization was added.

Author: Fujii Masao
Reviewed-by: Michael Paquier
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/fd0eb0a5-f43b-4e06-b450-cbca011b6cff@oss.nttdata.com
doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml