# PostgreSQL RDBMS Server
##
-# PostgreSQL boot time startup script for Darwin/Mac OS X. To install, change
+# PostgreSQL boot time startup script for OS X. To install, change
# the "prefix", "PGDATA", "PGUSER", and "PGLOG" variables below as
# necessary. Next, create a new directory, "/Library/StartupItems/PostgreSQL".
# Then copy this script and the accompanying "StartupParameters.plist" file
socket parameter, or similar mechanisms. Currently that includes
<systemitem class="osname">Linux</>,
most flavors of <systemitem class="osname">BSD</> including
- <systemitem class="osname">Mac OS X</>,
+ <systemitem class="osname">OS X</>,
and <systemitem class="osname">Solaris</systemitem>.
</para>
<varlistentry>
<term>
- <systemitem class="osname">Mac OS X</>
- <indexterm><primary>Mac OS X</><secondary>shared library</></>
+ <systemitem class="osname">OS X</>
+ <indexterm><primary>OS X</><secondary>shared library</></>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
- <title>Mac OS X</title>
+ <title>OS X</title>
<para>
If you use MacPorts, the following will get you set up:
<listitem>
<para>
Build with Bonjour support. This requires Bonjour support
- in your operating system. Recommended on Mac OS X.
+ in your operating system. Recommended on OS X.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<para>
<option>e2fs</> to use the UUID library created by
the <literal>e2fsprogs</> project; this library is present in most
- Linux systems and in Mac OS X, and can be obtained for other
+ Linux systems and in OS X, and can be obtained for other
platforms as well
</para>
</listitem>
<para>
<productname>PostgreSQL</> can be expected to work on these operating
systems: Linux (all recent distributions), Windows (Win2000 SP4 and later),
- FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Mac OS X, AIX, HP/UX, Solaris, Tru64 Unix,
+ FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, OS X, AIX, HP/UX, Solaris, Tru64 Unix,
+ FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, OS X, AIX, HP/UX, Solaris,
and UnixWare. Other Unix-like systems may also work but are not currently
being tested. In most cases, all CPU architectures supported by
a given operating system will work. Look in
Currently, the
<ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DTrace">DTrace</ulink>
utility is supported, which, at the time of this writing, is available
- on Solaris, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and Oracle Linux. The
+ on Solaris, OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and Oracle Linux. The
<ulink url="http://sourceware.org/systemtap/">SystemTap</ulink> project
for Linux provides a DTrace equivalent and can also be used. Supporting other dynamic
tracing utilities is theoretically possible by changing the definitions for
<varlistentry>
- <term><systemitem class="osname">Mac OS X</>
- <indexterm><primary>Mac OS X</><secondary>IPC configuration</></>
+ <term><systemitem class="osname">OS X</>
+ <indexterm><primary>OS X</><secondary>IPC configuration</></>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
platforms. <filename>uuid-ossp</> can now be built without the OSSP
library on some platforms. On FreeBSD, NetBSD, and some other BSD-derived
platforms, suitable UUID creation functions are included in the
- core <filename>libc</> library. On Linux, Mac OS X, and some other
+ core <filename>libc</> library. On Linux, OS X, and some other
platforms, suitable functions are provided in the <filename>libuuid</>
library, which originally came from the <literal>e2fsprogs</> project
(though on modern Linux it is considered part
<listitem>
<para>
- On <productname>Mac OS X</productname>, write caching can be prevented by
+ On <productname>OS X</productname>, write caching can be prevented by
setting <varname>wal_sync_method</> to <literal>fsync_writethrough</>.
</para>
</listitem>