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to remove an index.
</para>
+ <para>
+ Like any long-running transaction, <command>CREATE INDEX</command> on a
+ table can affect which tuples can be removed by concurrent
+ <command>VACUUM</command> on any other table.
+ </para>
+
<para>
Prior releases of <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> also had an
R-tree index method. This method has been removed because
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CONCURRENTLY</command> cannot.
</para>
+ <para>
+ Like any long-running transaction, <command>REINDEX</command> on a table
+ can affect which tuples can be removed by concurrent
+ <command>VACUUM</command> on any other table.
+ </para>
+
<para>
<command>REINDEX SYSTEM</command> does not support
<command>CONCURRENTLY</command> since system catalogs cannot be reindexed