When the option list is surrounded by parentheses, the options can be
written in any order. Without parentheses, options must be specified
in exactly the order shown above.
- Prior to <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 9.0, the unparenthesized
- syntax was the only one supported. It is expected that all new options
- will be supported only in the parenthesized syntax.
+ The unparenthesized syntax was added in
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 9.0; the unparenthesized
+ syntax is deprecated.
</para>
</refsect1>
Specifying <literal>FREEZE</literal> is equivalent to performing
<command>VACUUM</command> with the
<xref linkend="guc-vacuum-freeze-min-age"> parameter
- set to zero. The <literal>FREEZE</literal> option is deprecated and
- will be removed in a future release; set the parameter instead.
+ set to zero.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>