From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 00:46:42 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Missed a few places that referred to a compile-time limit on
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Missed a few places that referred to a compile-time limit on
max_connections.
---

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
index 6e80adf00eb..1347e80eed6 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.75 2001/08/15 18:42:14 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.76 2001/09/07 00:46:41 tgl Exp $
 -->
 
 <Chapter Id="runtime">
@@ -1145,10 +1145,8 @@ dynamic_library_path = '/usr/local/lib:/home/my_project/lib:$libdir:$libdir/cont
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Determines how many concurrent connections the database server
-        will allow. The default is 32. There is also a compiled-in
-        hard upper limit on this value, which is typically 1024
-	(both numbers can be altered when compiling the server). This
-        parameter can only be set at server start.
+        will allow. The default is 32 (unless altered while building
+	the server). This parameter can only be set at server start.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
@@ -1760,7 +1758,7 @@ dynamic_library_path = '/usr/local/lib:/home/my_project/lib:$libdir:$libdir/cont
     <productname>Postgres</> uses one semaphore per allowed connection
     (<option>-N</> option), in sets of 16.  Each such set will also
     contain a 17th semaphore which contains a <quote>magic
-    number</quote>, to avoid collision with semaphore sets used by
+    number</quote>, to detect collision with semaphore sets used by
     other applications. The maximum number of semaphores in the system
     is set by <varname>SEMMNS</>, which consequently must be at least
     as high as the connection setting plus one extra for each 16
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
index 31521f5de43..5cdf81cd8fa 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c,v 1.238 2001/09/07 00:27:29 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c,v 1.239 2001/09/07 00:46:42 tgl Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *
@@ -480,11 +480,7 @@ PostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 				 */
 				break;
 			case 'N':
-
-				/*
-				 * The max number of backends to start. Can't set to less
-				 * than 1 or more than compiled-in limit.
-				 */
+				/* The max number of backends to start. */
 				SetConfigOption("max_connections", optarg, PGC_POSTMASTER, true);
 				break;
 			case 'n':
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index f1582d6bacb..2d5ac37cae6 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -7,17 +7,14 @@
 #   name = value
 #
 # (The `=' is optional.) White space is collapsed, comments are
-# introduced by `#' anywhere on a line. The complete list of option
+# introduced by `#' anywhere on a line.  The complete list of option
 # names and allowed values can be found in the PostgreSQL
-# documentation. Examples are:
-
-#log_connections = on
-#fsync = off
-#max_connections = 64
+# documentation.  The commented-out settings shown in this file
+# represent the default values.
 
 # Any option can also be given as a command line switch to the
 # postmaster, e.g., 'postmaster -c log_connections=on'. Some options
-# can be set at run-time with the 'SET' SQL command.
+# can be changed at run-time with the 'SET' SQL command.
 
 
 #========================================================================
@@ -29,7 +26,7 @@
 #tcpip_socket = false
 #ssl = false
 
-#max_connections = 32 # 1-1024
+#max_connections = 32
 
 #port = 5432 
 #hostname_lookup = false