"Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 3/2/07, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> "Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >>> I think this explains the trigger that was blowing up my FC4 box. >> >> I dug in the archives a bit and couldn't find the report you're >> referring to? > I was referring to this: > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2007-02/msg01418.php Oh, the kernel-panic thing. Hm, I wouldn't have thought that replacing a file at a huge rate would induce a kernel panic ... but who knows? Do you want to try installing the one-liner patch and see if the panic goes away? Actually I was wondering a bit if that strange Windows error discussed earlier today could be triggered by this behavior: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2007-03/msg00000.php regards, tom lane