Re: could not create directory "...": File exists - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Stephen Frost
Subject Re: could not create directory "...": File exists
Date
Msg-id 20130117233322.GU16126@tamriel.snowman.net
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In response to Re: could not create directory "...": File exists  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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* Tom Lane (tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us) wrote:
> This seems to provide a reasonably principled
> argument why we might want to fix this case with a localized use of an
> MVCC scan before we have such a fix globally.

I had discussed that idea a bit with Andres on IRC and my only concern
was if there's some reason that acquiring a snapshot during createdb()
would be problematic.  It doesn't appear to currently and I wasn't sure
if there'd be any issues.

I'll start working on a patch for that.

> Not that I wouldn't still want to mark it with a REVERT_ME_SOMEDAY
> kind of annotation.  We know we need the SnapshotNow scan fix.

Agreed.
Thanks,
    Stephen

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