Re: Postgres 8.4 on OpenIndiana would not shutdown

Boris Epstein <borepstein(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> The Postgres 8.4 would simply not shutdown for me. Don't know why:

> Here's a snippet of /var/postgres/8.4/data_64/server.log seemingly
> corresponding to these shutdown attempts:

> LOG: database system was shut down at 2012-10-25 13:49:14 EDT
> LOG: database system is ready to accept connections
> LOG: autovacuum launcher started
> LOG: received smart shutdown request
> LOG: autovacuum launcher shutting down
> LOG: shutting down
> LOG: database system is shut down
> LOG: database system was shut down at 2012-10-26 12:14:21 EDT
> LOG: autovacuum launcher started
> LOG: database system is ready to accept connections
> LOG: received smart shutdown request
> LOG: autovacuum launcher shutting down
> LOG: shutting down
> LOG: database system is shut down
> LOG: database system was shut down at 2012-10-26 12:22:00 EDT
> LOG: database system is ready to accept connections
> LOG: autovacuum launcher started

Looks to me like it *is* shutting down, and then something is starting
it right back up again. Don't know how you have it installed, but if
it's running as an auto-started service you may need to be using some
higher-level command to stop the service.

regards, tom lane