On 2021-Jun-03, Tom Lane wrote:

> If the unlink fails, there's only really a problem if the subsequent
> open() fails to overwrite the file --- and that stanza is perfectly
> capable of complaining for itself.  So I think the code is fine and
> there's no need for a separate message about the unlink.  Refusing to
> proceed, as you've done here, is strictly worse than what we have.

It does seem to deserve a comment explaining this.

-- 
Álvaro Herrera       Valdivia, Chile
"Pensar que el espectro que vemos es ilusorio no lo despoja de espanto,
sólo le suma el nuevo terror de la locura" (Perelandra, C.S. Lewis)


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