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>      Prevent file descriptors for dropped tables from being held open past
      transaction end (Tom Lane)
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>      This should reduce problems with long-since-dropped tables continuing
      to occupy disk space.
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>      Prevent database-wide crash and restart when a new child process is
      unable to create a pipe for its latch (Tom Lane)
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>      Although the new process must fail, there is no good reason to force a
      database-wide restar