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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index b120d279379..dad39d4e1ec 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -3392,7 +3392,10 @@ XLogFileInit(XLogSegNo logsegno, bool *use_existent, bool use_lock)
if (fd < 0)
ereport(ERROR,
(errcode_for_file_access(),
- errmsg("could not open file \"%s\": %m", path)));
+ errmsg("could not open file \"%s\": %m", path),
+ (AmCheckpointerProcess() ?
+ errhint("This is known to fail occasionally during archive recovery, where it is harmless.") :
+ 0)));
elog(DEBUG2, "done creating and filling new WAL file");