David Fetter wrote:
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> *** 173,179 ****
> Integrating autovacuum into the server allows it to be
> automatically started and stopped in sync with the database
> server, and allows autovacuum to be configured from
> ! <filename>postgresql.conf</>.
> </para>
> </listitem>
> </varlistentry>
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> Integrating autovacuum into the server allows it to be
> automatically started and stopped in sync with the database
> server, and allows autovacuum to be configured from
> ! <filename>postgresql.conf</>. Autovacuum now checks to see if
> ! the database is in danger of xid wraparound and
> ! <command>VACUUM</command>s the whole database if needed.
> </para>
> </listitem>
> </varlistentry>
AFAIK contrib/pg_autovacuum in 8.0 also checked for XID wraparound (or
at least its documentation claims that it does), so I don't see how this
is new functionality.
-Neil
