Remove misleading hint for "unexpected data beyond EOF" error. master github/master
authorRobert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
Mon, 28 Jul 2025 15:15:47 +0000 (11:15 -0400)
committerRobert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
Mon, 28 Jul 2025 15:15:47 +0000 (11:15 -0400)
commitd5b9b2d40262f57f58322ad49f8928fd4a492adb
tree4bee63c23ed5958c651eebd450969a54b58d836b
parentdcc9820a3526eb8d89c5da75dad32b8ef4bf8545
Remove misleading hint for "unexpected data beyond EOF" error.

Commit ffae5cc5a6024b4e25ec920ed5c4dfac649605f8 added this hint in 2006,
but it's now obsolete and doesn't reflect what users should really check
in this situation. We were not able to agree on a new hint, so just delete
the existing one and update the comments to mention one possibility that
is known to cause problems of this kind: something other than PostgreSQL
is modifying files in the PostgreSQL data directory.

Author: Jakub Wartak <jakub.wartak@enterprisedb.com>
Reviewed-by: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
Reviewed-by: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAKZiRmxNbcaL76x=09Sxf7aUmrRQJBf8drzDdUHo+j9_eM+VMg@mail.gmail.com
src/backend/storage/buffer/bufmgr.c