Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)skype(dot)net> writes:
> If you mean the full cycle, then it is probably not worth it, as even a
> single 'clean index' pass can take hours on larger tables.
The patch Heikki is working on will probably alleviate that problem,
because it will allow vacuum to scan the indexes in physical rather than
logical order.
regards, tom lane