Document that autovacuum_freeze_max_age is used for pg_clog recycling.

We already mentioned xid wraparound.
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.305 2010/08/19 22:55:00 tgl Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.306 2010/08/22 02:37:32 momjian Exp $ -->
<chapter Id="runtime-config">
<title>Server Configuration</title>
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<para>
Specifies the maximum age (in transactions) that a table's
<structname>pg_class</>.<structfield>relfrozenxid</> field can
attain before a <command>VACUUM</> operation is forced to prevent
attain before a <command>VACUUM</> operation is forced to allow removal
of old files from the <filename>pg_clog</> subdirectory and prevent
transaction ID wraparound within the table. Note that the system
will launch autovacuum processes to prevent wraparound even when
autovacuum is otherwise disabled.