On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Boris Epstein <borepst...@gmail.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 > Tom, thanks! Yes, that's exactly what it was, it turns out. OpenIndiana uses SMF (svcadm) and it was what was restarting the server:) Boris.
