The autovacuum feature in PostgreSQL 8.1 is called "autovacuum", not "pg_autovacuum", as pgAdmin makes one believe. To make the terminology consistent, I propose the following small patch.
-- Peter Eisentraut http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/
Index: src/frm/frmMainConfig.cpp =================================================================== --- src/frm/frmMainConfig.cpp (Revision 4798) +++ src/frm/frmMainConfig.cpp (Arbeitskopie) @@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ const wxChar *hintString[]= { _("The PostgreSQL server engine is currently configured to listen for local connections only.\nYou might want to check \"listen_addresses\" to enable accessing the server over the network too."), - _("The pg_autovacuum backend process is not running.\nIt is recommended to enable it by setting 'stats_start_collector', 'stats_row_level' and 'autovacuum' to 'on'.") + _("The autovacuum backend process is not running.\nIt is recommended to enable it by setting 'stats_start_collector', 'stats_row_level' and 'autovacuum' to 'on'.") }; Index: src/schema/pgServer.cpp =================================================================== --- src/schema/pgServer.cpp (Revision 4798) +++ src/schema/pgServer.cpp (Arbeitskopie) @@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ { if (GetUpSince().IsValid()) properties->AppendItem(_("Up since"), GetUpSince()); - properties->AppendItem(wxT("pg_autovacuum"), (autovacuumRunning ? _("running") : _("not running"))); + properties->AppendItem(wxT("Autovacuum"), (autovacuumRunning ? _("running") : _("not running"))); } if (GetServerControllable()) properties->AppendItem(_("Running?"), GetServerRunning());
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