Re: BUG #5946: Long exclusive lock taken by vacuum (not full)

Rainer, any idea?  Please see
http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/4D906269.6060109@commandprompt.com


Excerpts from Alvaro Herrera's message of lun mar 28 11:03:16 -0300 2011:
> Excerpts from Alvaro Herrera's message of lun mar 28 07:26:49 -0300 2011:
> > Likely "too large" is more an issue related to available resources than
> > of absolute figure.
> >
> > On a penta byte of free storage I would not mind allocating some teras
> > with extending a (large) table.
> > If I'm left with some MB only, I'd be concerned for sure.
>
> ...
>
> Does anybody have an idea just W-T-F happened here?  I did NOT send the
> above email (as evidenced by it being signed by "Rainer").  I notice it
> even has a "@commandprompt.com" message-id.  Should I start signing my
> email?
>

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