"Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> third (but unlikely) possibility is there are various dropped tables,
> etc which need to be deleted but there are stale postgresql processes
> holding on to the fd. This would only happen following a postmaster
> crash or some other bizarre scenario, but i've seen it on production
> box.
Brent Reid reported something similar in bug #3483 but I'm still quite
unclear how it'd happen in any realistic scenario. Can you create a
test case?
regards, tom lane