From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 00:26:35 +0000 (+0900)
Subject: doc: Fix description WAL writer in glossary
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doc: Fix description WAL writer in glossary

The WAL writer is an auxiliary process, but its description in the
glossary did not match that.

This is inexact since d3014fff4cd4.

Author: Masahiro Ikeda
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/d3a5a4278fd8d9e7a47c6aa4db9e9a39@oss.nttdata.com
Backpatch-through: 15
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml
index 5815fa44710..f947eccd006 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml
@@ -2161,7 +2161,8 @@
    <glossterm>WAL writer (process)</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
     <para>
-     A process that writes <glossterm linkend="glossary-wal-record">WAL records</glossterm>
+     An <glossterm linkend="glossary-auxiliary-proc">auxiliary process</glossterm>
+     that writes <glossterm linkend="glossary-wal-record">WAL records</glossterm>
      from <glossterm linkend="glossary-shared-memory">shared memory</glossterm> to
      <glossterm linkend="glossary-wal-file">WAL files</glossterm>.
     </para>