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<Chapter Id="runtime">
server. The default is typically 1000, but may be less if your
kernel settings will not support it (as determined during
<application>initdb</>). Each buffer is 8192 bytes, unless a
- different value of <literal>BLCKSZ</> was chosen when building
+ different value of <symbol>BLCKSZ</symbol> was chosen when building
the server. This setting must be at least 16, as well as at
least twice the value of <varname>max_connections</varname>;
however, settings significantly higher than the minimum are
Turns on various assertion checks. This is a debugging aid. If
you are experiencing strange problems or crashes you might want
to turn this on, as it might expose programming mistakes. To use
- this option, the macro <literal>USE_ASSERT_CHECKING</literal>
+ this option, the macro <symbol>USE_ASSERT_CHECKING</symbol>
must be defined when <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is
built (accomplished by the <command>configure</command> option
<option>--enable-cassert</option>). Note that
- <literal>DEBUG_ASSERTIONS</literal> defaults to on if
+ <varname>debug_assertions</varname> defaults to on if
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> has been built with
assertions enabled.
</para>