Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> > NetBSD (which I use) will allow file sizes up to 2^64 -- I don't think
> > anyone has generated a postgresql database that large yet.
>
> Possibly, but how is this relevant to what *could* be done?
Mainly that the whole section seems targeted at older OSs which cannot
write large files which pg_dumpall can generate.
Stating that this is only a requirement on some OSs seems to make
sense.
--Michael