Folks,

Per Neil Conway, here's some doc patches re: the autovacuum daemon's
behavior.  Should this be back-patched to 8.2x?

Cheers,
D
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Index: doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
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          This parameter can only be set in the <filename>postgresql.conf</>
          file or on the server command line.
         </para>
+        <note>
+         <para>
+           Even when this variable is set to off, the autovacuum daemon
+           will run periodically in order to prevent transaction_id
+           wraparound.  See <xref linkend="vacuum-for-wraparound"> for
+           more information.
+         </para>
+        </note>
        </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
  
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  #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # AUTOVACUUM PARAMETERS
  #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ # Note: even when autovacuum is turned off, the autovacuum daemon will
+ # run in order to prevent transaction id wraparound.
  
  #autovacuum = on                      # enable autovacuum subprocess?
                                        # 'on' requires stats_start_collector
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