"John Smith" <sodgodofall@gmail.com> writes:
> Steps to reproduce:
> -- start with a running PG instance with WAL archiving enabled
> -- select pg_start_backup('test');
> -- Fill up the disk on which the data directory is present
> -- select pg_stop_backup();
> -- fails with: ERROR: could not write file
> "pg_xlog/000000010000000000000000.004989E8.backup": No space left on device
> -- at this point there is a 0-byte file
> pg_xlog/000000010000000000000000.004989E8.backup present on disk
> -- stop and start PG
> -- recovery fails with: FATAL: invalid data in file
> "000000010000000000000000.004989E8.backup"
> -- NOTE: At this point removing 000000010000000000000000.004989E8.backup
> allows PG to start successfully

What do you see as the bug here? Seems like reasonable behavior to me.

regards, tom lane

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