Hi hackers,
> The proposed patchset changes the documentation and the error messages
> accordingly, making them less misleading. 0001 corrects the
> documentation but doesn't touch the code. 0002 and 0003 correct the
> messages shown when approaching xidWrapLimit and xidWarnLimit
> accordingly.
A colleague of mine, Oleksii Kliukin, pointed out that the
recommendation about running VACUUM in a single-user mode is also
outdated, as it was previously reported in [1]. I didn't believe it at
first and decided to double-check:
```
=# select * from phonebook;
id | name | phone
----+---------+-------
1 | Alex | 123
5 | Charlie | 789
2 | Bob | 456
6 | Ololo | 789
(4 rows)
=# insert into phonebook values (7, 'Trololo', 987);
ERROR: database is not accepting commands to avoid wraparound data
loss in database "template1"
HINT: Stop the postmaster and vacuum that database in single-user mode.
You might also need to commit or roll back old prepared transactions,
or drop stale replication slots.
=# VACUUM FREEZE;
VACUUM
=# insert into phonebook values (7, 'Trololo', 987);
INSERT 0 1
=# SELECT current_setting('wal_level');
current_setting
-----------------
logical
```
Unfortunately the [1] discussion went nowhere. So I figured it would
be appropriate to add corresponding changes to the proposed patchset
since it's relevant and is registered in the CF app already. PFA
patchset v2 which now also includes 0004.
[1]: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CAMT0RQTmRj_Egtmre6fbiMA9E2hM3BsLULiV8W00stwa3URvzA%40mail.gmail.com
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Best regards,
Aleksander Alekseev
