Re: can't stop autovacuum by HUP'ing the server - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: can't stop autovacuum by HUP'ing the server
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Msg-id 20080825134803.GA15097@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: can't stop autovacuum by HUP'ing the server  (Dave Cramer <pg@fastcrypt.com>)
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Dave Cramer wrote:

> Since a number of people actually do this it would seem like a better  
> way to temporarily suspend autovac should be on the todo ?

No -- what you are doing is documented to work.  However, it only stops
the autovac launcher, not a currently-running worker.  If this isn't
working, I'd like to know why.

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Alvaro Herrera                                http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
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