bug#29992: 'postgres' service doesn't stop

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Clément Lassieur <address@hidden> skribis:

> 1. add (postgresql-service) to the service list
> 2. reconfigure
> 3. ps -ef | grep postgres
>
> postgres 19058     1  0 16:21 ?        00:00:00 
> /gnu/store/0v539yjmdqhjm1xcpvndmagkgjz5fvh2-guile-2.2.2/bin/guile 
> --no-auto-compile /gnu/store/rp6qyfv5wyznz5a1i6szzzy997v603sl-start-postgres  
>                                            
> postgres 19061 19058  0 16:21 ?        00:00:00 
> /gnu/store/3rg0avphlwgq56qjxd8gr8xbmh1rwkal-postgresql-10.1/bin/postgres 
> --config-file=/gnu/store/7m8yrv4avricqkn92737b5mamlvaid34-postgresql.conf -p 
> 5432 -D /var/lib/postgresql/data     
> postgres 19063 19061  0 16:21 ?        00:00:00 postgres: checkpointer process
> postgres 19064 19061  0 16:21 ?        00:00:00 postgres: writer process
> postgres 19065 19061  0 16:21 ?        00:00:00 postgres: wal writer process
> postgres 19066 19061  0 16:21 ?        00:00:00 postgres: autovacuum launcher 
> process
> postgres 19067 19061  0 16:21 ?        00:00:00 postgres: stats collector 
> process
> postgres 19068 19061  0 16:21 ?        00:00:00 postgres: bgworker: logical 
> replication launcher
> clement  19070 18802  0 16:21 pts/4    00:00:00 grep postgres
>
>
> 4. herd stop postgres (output: Service postgres has been stopped)
> 5. ps -ef | grep postgres
>
> postgres 19061     1  0 16:21 ?        00:00:00 
> /gnu/store/3rg0avphlwgq56qjxd8gr8xbmh1rwkal-postgresql-10.1/bin/postgres 
> --config-file=/gnu/store/7m8yrv4avricqkn92737b5mamlvaid34-postgresql.conf -p 
> 5432 -D /var/lib/postgresql/data     
> postgres 19063 19061  0 16:21 ?        00:00:00 postgres: checkpointer process
> postgres 19064 19061  0 16:21 ?        00:00:00 postgres: writer process
> postgres 19065 19061  0 16:21 ?        00:00:00 postgres: wal writer process
> postgres 19066 19061  0 16:21 ?        00:00:00 postgres: autovacuum launcher 
> process                                 
> postgres 19067 19061  0 16:21 ?        00:00:00 postgres: stats collector 
> process
> postgres 19068 19061  0 16:21 ?        00:00:00 postgres: bgworker: logical 
> replication launcher
> clement  19078 18802  0 16:21 pts/4    00:00:00 grep postgres

Perhaps the proper way to stop postgresql is via one of its client
commands, like we do for nginx?

HTH,
Ludo’.