From d8986332cb98d0463baacf87552c9059d28da731 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 02:37:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document that autovacuum_freeze_max_age is used for pg_clog recycling. We already mentioned xid wraparound. --- doc/src/sgml/config.sgml | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml index d437727d33..8e91a744d7 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - + Server Configuration @@ -4150,7 +4150,8 @@ COPY postgres_log FROM '/full/path/to/logfile.csv' WITH csv; Specifies the maximum age (in transactions) that a table's pg_class.relfrozenxid field can - attain before a VACUUM operation is forced to prevent + attain before a VACUUM operation is forced to allow removal + of old files from the 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.