Re: database died

"Martin A. Marques" <martin@math.unl.edu.ar> writes:
> CheckPoint Data Base: fork failed: Not enough space
> [ whereupon postmaster quits ]

> Any idea on this? I think the the postmaster shouldn't die, at least it's 
> what I first thought.

I agree.  Dying if the startup subjob fails is one thing, but dying
because a routine checkpoint fails is another.  The code is treating
those two cases alike however ... will change it.
        regards, tom lane