The following bug has been logged on the website:
Bug reference: 9045
Logged by: Margaret
Email address: scratch65535@att.net
PostgreSQL version: 9.2.4
Operating system: FreeBSD 9.2
Description:
When running osm2pgsql to populate a database with postgis data, if the
tables do not exist a misleading error msg is put out, causing the user to
believe some important part of the operation has failed.
The message says
"NOTICE: Table [name] does not exist, skipping"
What it should say, if it says anything, is something on the order of
"NOTICE: DROP TABLE [name] not needed: table does not exist"
followed by a "NOTICE: CREATE TABLE [name] succeeded" after the create
because what's being skipped is the (non)existing table's deletion, not
processing as the message implied.