From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 01:21:10 +0000 (+0900)
Subject: Fix error message in RemoveWalSummaryIfOlderThan()
X-Git-Tag: REL_17_8~26
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5995135f13031b37ad167ed83b5249ba8419ade2;p=thirdparty%2Fpostgresql.git

Fix error message in RemoveWalSummaryIfOlderThan()

A failing unlink() was reporting an incorrect error message, referring
to stat().

Author: Man Zeng <zengman@halodbtech.com>
Reviewed-by: Junwang Zhao <zhjwpku@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/tencent_3BBE865C5F49D452360FF190@qq.com
Backpath-through: 17
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diff --git a/src/backend/backup/walsummary.c b/src/backend/backup/walsummary.c
index 322ae3c3ad1..14d74a70d05 100644
--- a/src/backend/backup/walsummary.c
+++ b/src/backend/backup/walsummary.c
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ RemoveWalSummaryIfOlderThan(WalSummaryFile *ws, time_t cutoff_time)
 	if (unlink(path) != 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode_for_file_access(),
-				 errmsg("could not stat file \"%s\": %m", path)));
+				 errmsg("could not remove file \"%s\": %m", path)));
 	ereport(DEBUG2,
 			(errmsg_internal("removing file \"%s\"", path)));
 }