Re: Index trouble with 8.3b4 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Index trouble with 8.3b4
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Msg-id 19366.1199834487@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Index trouble with 8.3b4  (Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>)
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Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> Further poking around shows that the "unrecognized locktag" is because
> lmgr.c:DescribeLockTag was never taught about virtual xids.

That's fixed, thanks for the patch.

> The pid it's waiting on is long since gone but looks like it was probably an
> autovacuum process. I have a vague recollection that you had rigged CREATE
> INDEX CONCURRENTLY to ignore vacuum processes when checking for conflicting
> processes.

I'm still not too clear on the underlying bug though.
        regards, tom lane


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