Re: inconsistent state after crash recovery

On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
>> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>>> would you expect crash recovery to notice the disappearance of a file
>>> that was touched nowhere in the replayed actions?
>
>> Eh, maybe not.  But should we try harder to detect the unexpected
>> disappearance of one that is?
>
> We do, don't we?  The replay stuff should complain unless it sees a drop
> or truncate covering any unaccounted-for pages.

Hmm.  Yeah.  But the OP seems to think it doesn't work.

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