Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> writes:
> prairiedog has failed in a way that seems a bit obscure to me:
> https://buildfarm.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/show_log.pl?nm=prairiedog&dt=2021-07-18%2000%3A23%3A29
> ...
> We could use some eval blocks in this area, but a non-atomic rename()
> would cause problems in more areas. Thoughts?
Awhile back we discovered that old macOS versions have non-atomic rename
[1]. I eventually shut down dromedary because that was causing failures
often enough to be annoying. I'd not seen such a failure before on
prairiedog, but it sure seems plausible that this is one.
regards, tom lane
[1] https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/2636.1569016167@sss.pgh.pa.us
