Re: BUG #17212: pg_amcheck fails on checking temporary relations

[Mark Dilger]

> On Oct 11, 2021, at 11:26 AM, Peter Geoghegan <p...@bowt.ie> wrote:
> 
> We should have a warning box about this in the pg_amcheck docs. Users
> should think carefully about ever using --parent-check, since it alone
> totally changes the locking requirements (actually --rootdescend will
> do that too, but only because that option also implies
> --parent-check).

The recently submitted patch already contains a short paragraph for each of 
these, but not a warning box.  Should I reformat those as warning boxes?  I 
don't know the current thinking on the appropriateness of that documentation 
style.
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Mark Dilger
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