Sorry, perhaps my initial instructions weren't clear.
You have to move the pg_autovacuum.[ch] files then apply the patch. The
patch alters them considerably. Should I submit the patch in a different
way?
Thanks,
Matthew
>
> I am having problem applying this. I don't think we can just move
> pg_autovacuum.[ch] right into the backend code. There are issues with
> include files and there is no definition for autovacuum_vacuum_base and
> other variables, and there is no AutoVacMain(). I can try guessing on
> those but I think I need a more complete patch or more complete
> instructions to get this applied. Also, it uses the gcc-ism
> __attribute__ that isn't portable to other compilers.
>
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>
> Matthew T. O'Connor wrote:
>> Ok, here is a new patch for to integrate pg_autovacuum into the backend.
>>
>> This patch adds the following to that last patch:
>> * updated to latest CVS
>> * changed GUC vars from autovac_* to autovacuum_*
>> * changed autovac_enabled GUC variable to autovacuum
>> * changed autovacuum GUC variable default to false
>> * improved autovacuum failure when row level stats aren't enabled
>>
>> As before, this patch requires pg_autovacuum.c and .h get moved
>> from contrib to src/backend/postmaster and src/include/postmaster
>> respectively. In addition, the attached pg_autovacuum.h file must be put
>> in src/include/catelog/ for the new pg_autovacuum system
>> table.
>>
>> Please apply to CVS or tell me what I need to change to get it applied.
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