will accept a setting for any two-part parameter name. Such variables
are treated as placeholders and have no function until the module that
defines them is loaded. When an extension module is loaded, it will add
- its variable definitions, convert any placeholder values according to
- those definitions, and issue warnings for any unrecognized placeholders
- that begin with its extension name.
+ its variable definitions and convert any placeholder values according to
+ those definitions. If there are any unrecognized placeholders
+ that begin with its extension name, warnings are issued and those
+ placeholders are removed.
</para>
</sect1>
<para>
<application>pg_upgrade</application> creates various working files, such
- as schema dumps, stored within <literal>pg_upgrade_output.d</literal> in
+ as schema dumps, stored within <filename>pg_upgrade_output.d</filename> in
the directory of the new cluster. Each run creates a new subdirectory named
with a timestamp formatted as per ISO 8601
- (<literal>%Y%m%dT%H%M%S</literal>), where all the generated files are
+ (<literal>%Y%m%dT%H%M%S</literal>), where all its generated files are
stored.
+ <filename>pg_upgrade_output.d</filename> and all its contained files may be
+ removed once the upgrade is successfully completed.
</para>
<para>