Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> Well, I figure it will be hard to allow larger maximums, but can we make
> the GUC variable maximums be more realistic? Right now it is
> MAX_KILOBYTES (INT_MAX).
You seem to be confusing one limitation in one code path with the
overall meaning of maintenance_work_mem.
regards, tom lane