Re: drop tablespace error: invalid argument

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Jan Otto <asche(at)me(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: drop tablespace error: invalid argument
Date: 2009-11-05 15:38:37
Message-ID: 20970.1257435517@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Jan Otto <asche(at)me(dot)com> writes:
>>> ERROR: could not read directory "pg_tblspc/16464": Invalid argument
>>> STATEMENT: DROP TABLESPACE testspace;
>>
>> Hmm ... can't reproduce this here, not even on OSX. From the version
>> number I suspect you are using unreleased Snow Leopard. I'd venture
>> it's a newly-introduced kernel bug and you need to talk to Apple about
>> it.

> Thank you Tom. I will file a bugreport at Apple.

Hey Jan, did you get any response to that bug report? Somebody else
dug up a document suggesting that this might be intentional on Apple's
part:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2009-11/msg00040.php

If he's right, we have a nontrivial problem here :-(

regards, tom lane

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