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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-18.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-18.sgml index d7340465e79..19e770c65b5 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-18.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-18.sgml @@ -194,6 +194,27 @@ These were previously zero-based. </para> </listitem> +<!-- +Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> +2024-10-16 [04bec894a04] initdb: Change default to using data checksums. +--> + +<listitem> +<para> +initdb defaults to enabling data checksums +<ulink url="&commit_baseurl;04bec894a04">§</ulink> +</para> + +<para> +The previous default behavior (checksums disabled) can be obtained using the +new option --no-data-checksums. Note that pg_upgrade will reject upgrading +between clusters with different checksum settings, so if the old cluster does +not have checksums enabled (the previous default), then the new cluster will +need to be initialized with --no-data-checksums in order to allow pg_upgrade +to succeed. +</para> +</listitem> + </itemizedlist> </sect2> |