Re: BUG #5038: WAL file is pending deletion in pg_xlog folder, this interferes with WAL archiving.

Tom Lane wrote:
> Luke Koops <luke.koops@entrust.com> writes:
>>         Heikki is proposing that the file be renamed before it is first deleted.
>
> Indeed, and what I'm saying is that that will still fail if some
> unhelpful program is holding the file open without FILE_SHARE_DELETE.
> Which is what I understood your case to be ...

No, it's a backend that's holding the file open, with FILE_SHARE_DELETE.

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