Clarify the HINT for 'checkpoint request failed', per recent complaint

demonstrating that its intent wasn't obvious.

diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c b/src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c
index e62acb9fb3ce2d1682e60c5fc39da81fd2f437d2..164c0e2ff4e1ebc908c5d97e1ba352abcf3b4713 100644 (file)
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *   $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c,v 1.23 2006/03/05 15:58:35 momjian Exp $
+ *   $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c,v 1.24 2006/05/30 13:58:49 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ RequestCheckpoint(bool waitforit, bool warnontime)
        if (bgs->ckpt_failed != old_failed)
            ereport(ERROR,
                    (errmsg("checkpoint request failed"),
-                    errhint("Consult the server log for details.")));
+                    errhint("Consult recent messages in the server log for details.")));
    }
 }