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Add a note to the documentation to clarify that even when
"autovacuum = off", the system may still periodically start autovacuum processes to prevent XID wraparound. Patch from David Fetter, with editorializing.
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.122 2007/04/20 02:37:37 tgl Exp $ -->
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.123 2007/05/15 15:35:46 neilc Exp $ -->
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<chapter Id="runtime-config">
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<title>Server Configuration</title>
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This parameter can only be set in the <filename>postgresql.conf</>
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file or on the server command line.
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</para>
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Note that even when this parameter is disabled, the system
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will periodically launch autovacuum processes in order to
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prevent transaction ID wraparound. See <xref
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linkend="vacuum-for-wraparound"> for more information.
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</para>
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