Index: doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
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RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.304
diff -u -3 -p -r1.304 installation.sgml
--- doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml 10 Mar 2008 20:06:27 -0000 1.304
+++ doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml 25 Mar 2008 20:25:37 -0000
@@ -1192,9 +1192,9 @@ su - postgres
DTrace
- Compiles with support for the dynamic tracing tool DTrace.
- Operating system support for DTrace is currently only
- available in Solaris.
+ Compiles with support for the dynamic tracing tool called DTrace.
+ Operating system support for DTrace is currently
+ available in Solaris and Mac OS X Leopard.
Index: doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
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RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.55
diff -u -3 -p -r1.55 monitoring.sgml
--- doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml 28 Nov 2007 15:42:31 -0000 1.55
+++ doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml 25 Mar 2008 20:25:38 -0000
@@ -947,26 +947,26 @@ SELECT pg_stat_get_backend_pid(s.backend
- A number of trace points, often called probes, are already inserted
- into the source code. By default these probes are disabled, and
- the user needs to explicitly tell the configure script to make the
- probes available in PostgreSQL.
+ A number of probes or trace points are already inserted
+ into the source code. By default these probes are not compiled into the
+ binary, and the user needs to explicitly tell the configure script to make
+ the probes available in PostgreSQL.
- Currently, only the DTrace utility is supported, which is only available
- on Solaris Express and Solaris 10+. It is expected that DTrace will
- be available in the future on FreeBSD and Mac OS X.
+ Currently, only the DTrace utility is supported, which is available
+ on Solaris Express, Solaris 10, and Mac OS X Leopard. It is expected that
+ DTrace will be available in the future on FreeBSD.
Supporting other dynamic tracing utilities is theoretically possible by
- changing the definitions for the PG_TRACE> macros in
- src/include/pg_trace.h>.
+ changing the definitions for the macros in
+ src/include/utils/probes.h>.
Compiling for Dynamic Tracing
- By default, trace points are disabled, so you will need to
+ By default, probes are not available, so you will need to
explicitly tell the configure script to make the probes available
in PostgreSQL. To include DTrace support
specify