Hi, Peter,

Peter Eisentraut wrote:

>>It seems that
>>
>>  /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.1 autovac-stop
>>
>>does not really stop autovacuum,
> 
> 
> In 8.1 and beyond, autovacuum is no longer a separate process controlled 
> by the init script but is a server internal process that you can 
> control in the postgresql.conf file.
> 
> Perhaps the init script should write out a warning if you are using 8.1 
> or later.

Either that, or use some mechanism to dynamically disable / enable the
autovacuum process, if such exists.

Markus


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