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On Wed, 4 Nov 2020 18:44:03 -0800
Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 10:03 AM Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie> wrote:
> > Actually, it seems better to always count num_index_tuples the old way
> > during cleanup-only index VACUUMs, despite the inaccuracy that that
> > creates with posting list tuples.  
> 
> Pushed a fix for this just now.
> 
> Thanks for the report!

Sorry I couldn't give some more feedback on your thoughts on time...

Thank you for your investigation and fix!

Regards,