On Wed, 2009-02-11 at 14:21 -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > >> It would be a significant hack but you could update pg_autovacuum to set > >> all relations to false. > > > > Which will no longer work in 8.4. > > > > More generally, it was pointed out to me that users apparently do > > updates of pg_autovacuum to change settings on a bunch of tables at > > once. We might get some complaints if we remove that facility.
I got plenty of complaints that aren't being fixed :). pg_dump doesn't even know how to deal with pg_autovacuum, changing scripts to handle their autovacuum modifications won't take much. > Hmm, argh. Maybe we do need the rule on a fake pg_autovacuum that > Itagaki-san was proposing. > I don't think so. A clean cut is the way to go. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake -- PostgreSQL - XMPP: jdr...@jabber.postgresql.org Consulting, Development, Support, Training 503-667-4564 - http://www.commandprompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company, serving since 1997 -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers