Tom Lane wrote:
> Heikki Linnakangas <heikki@enterprisedb.com> writes:
>
>> Tom Lane wrote:
>>
>>> ISTM that we must fix the bgwriter so that ForgetDatabaseFsyncRequests
>>> causes PendingUnlinkEntrys for the doomed DB to be thrown away too.
>>>
>
>
>> Because of the asynchronous nature of ForgetDatabaseFsyncRequests, this
>> still isn't enough, I'm afraid.
>>
>
> Hm. I notice that there is no bug on Windows because dropdb forces a
> checkpoint before it starts to remove files. Maybe the sanest solution
> is to just do that on all platforms.
>
>
>
IIRC we did that to avoid an unlink problem :-)
I certainly don't see any particular reason not to do it everywhere.
cheers
andrew
