Re: Disabling vacuum truncate for autovacuum

On 2025/03/19 10:42, Nathan Bossart wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 10:14:51AM -0500, Nathan Bossart wrote:
>> Thank you all for the discussion.  I've attempted to address the
>> outstanding feedback into the new version of the patch.
> 
> Here is a new version of the patch with tests and some other light edits.
> I feel like this is committable, but I'll wait for a couple more days for
> any other feedback or objections.

+# - Default Behavior -
+
+#vacuum_truncate = on            # enable truncation after vacuum

Since there's no existing GUC category that fits to vacuum_truncate,
I'm fine with adding a new category like "Vacuuming" and placing
vacuum_truncate there.

However, if we do this, ISTM that the new category should also be added to
guc_tables.h, and vacuum_truncate should be assigned to it in guc_tables.c.
Additionally, the documentation should be updated to include
the new category, with vacuum_truncate placed under it. Thought?

Regards,

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