lsq(at)nym(dot)hush(dot)com writes:
> After an upgrade to 8.4.12 from 8.4.10 we vacuum/analyzed the db.
> Postgres is running in standalone mode at this point.
Why were you using standalone mode? And why were you using
ignore_system_indexes? This whole procedure seems like overkill
for a routine minor-version update.
> 07/31/12 04:09:57 WARNING: using index "pg_toast_2619_index"
> despite IgnoreSystemIndexes
> I see the warning generated in systable_beginscan_ordered as a
> warning, and then it proceeds to do the work anyway.
> It appears as if this is benign. Is that the case?
It is unless you have some reason to think that that index is corrupt...
regards, tom lane