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

[Clément Lassieur]

Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:

> 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?

Hi Ludovic,

Yes, probably.  I'll fix this when I have some time this week.

Clément