pg_restore -m failing

ohp@pyrenet.fr wrote:

hi all,

After Andrew corrected the bug I found on pg_restore (-C -m
misbehaving one with the other), I played again yesterday.

before the end of restore, I get this :

pg_restore: launching item 4202 INDEX idx_typeper_actif
pg_restore: [custom archiver] could not close archive file: Argument
incorrect
pg_restore: *** aborted because of error
pg_restore: finished item 4202 INDEX idx_typeper_actif
pg_restore: [archiver] worker process failed: exit code 1
pg_restore: *** aborted because of error

Any idea? this is on unixware

That seems very strange. Is it repeatable. I wonder what theincorrect
argument was? Maybe the memory got clobbered somewhere.

Actually, while thinking about this it occurred to me that we are
probably wasting a few cycles reopening the archive where we don't need
to - it should only be necessary where we are restoring a data member,
ISTM. I'll look at that further.

cheers

andrew

On Tue, 3 Mar 2009, Andrew Dunstan wrote:

Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:02:35 -0500
From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
To: ohp@pyrenet.fr
Cc: pgsql-hackers list <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] pg_restore -m failing

ohp@pyrenet.fr wrote:

hi all,

After Andrew corrected the bug I found on pg_restore (-C -m misbehaving one
with the other), I played again yesterday.

before the end of restore, I get this :

pg_restore: launching item 4202 INDEX idx_typeper_actif
pg_restore: [custom archiver] could not close archive file: Argument
incorrect
pg_restore: *** aborted because of error
pg_restore: finished item 4202 INDEX idx_typeper_actif
pg_restore: [archiver] worker process failed: exit code 1
pg_restore: *** aborted because of error

Any idea? this is on unixware

That seems very strange. Is it repeatable.

it is on unixware 100% of the time, not on linux.

I wonder what theincorrect
argument was?

my guess would be the file desc.

Maybe the memory got clobbered somewhere.

probably, but I could'nt proove it.

Actually, while thinking about this it occurred to me that we are probably
wasting a few cycles reopening the archive where we don't need to - it should
only be necessary where we are restoring a data member, ISTM. I'll look at
that further.

take your time!

cheers

andrew

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