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From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>
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Subject: Re: Reviewing freeze map code
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:

> We touched this question in connection with multixact freezing and
> wraparound.  Testers seem to want to be given a script that they can
> install and run, then go for a beer and get back to a bunch of errors to
> report.

Here I spent some time trying to explain what to test to try and find
certain multixact bugs
http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20150605213832.GZ133018@postgresql.org

-- 
Álvaro Herrera                http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services


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