Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
> On 2015-09-24 12:39:54 -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>> I'm surprised the error has survived this long. Without checking I
>> can't say what's the best solution either, but I would opt for
>> documenting the limits we have -- if we want to change them back to 0 I
>> say that merits its own discussion.
> How about simply removing that sentence? I.e. something like
> <literal>autovacuum_freeze_max_age</> larger than the system-wide setting
> - (it can only be set smaller). Note that while you can set
> - <literal>autovacuum_freeze_max_age</> very small, or even zero, this is
> - usually unwise since it will force frequent vacuuming.
> + (it can only be set smaller).
> </para>
How about "Setting autovacuum_freeze_max_age to very small values
is unwise since it will force frequent vacuuming."
regards, tom lane