Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Is this correct in autovacuum.c?
> 
>           pqsignal(SIGALRM, handle_sig_alarm);
> 
> Should it be SIG_IGN?  I don't see autovacuum using a timer or a reason
> it is calling the backend's timer routine.

FYI, the comment above this says:

     * Set up signal handlers.  We operate on databases much like a regular
     * backend, so we use the same signal handling.  See equivalent code in
     * tcop/postgres.c.

but can you have autovacuum running as a regular backend?  I didn't
think so.

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