Re: important Re: [HACKERS] Open 6.5 items

ZEUGSWETTER Andreas IZ5 wrote:
>
> Hiroshi wrote:
> > Ole Gjerde who provided the patch for current implementation of
> > mdtruncate() sayz.
> > "First, please reverse my patch to mdtruncate() in md.c as soon as
> > possible. It does not work properly in some cases."
> >
> > I also recommend to reverse his patch to mdtruncate().
> >
> > Though we could not shrink segmented relations by old implementation
> > the result by vacuum would never be inconsistent(?).
> >
> > I think we don't have enough time to fix this.
> >
> If there is no fix for vacuum, I suggest to change the filesize before
> splitting
> back to just below 2 Gb (2Gb - 8k). Else vacuum will only work for tables
> up to 1 Gb, and it did work up to 2 Gb before.
>
> I am the one who suggested 1 Gb, so I had my eye on this issue.
> I still think 1 Gb is good for various reasons, but only if vacuum works.

Is this issue addressed by last mdtruncate() changes?

Vadim