Currently ordering is only done by the per Cluster services listing Before=postgresql.service Further the generator adds symlinks in /run/systemd/generator/postgresql.service.wants/. That makes it work on startup in terms of ordering.
There is: /usr/share/doc/postgresql-common/README.systemd It explains that furthermore the parent service will only starts/stops/restarts/reload individual services that are configured as "auto" in /etc/postgresql/*/*/start.conf. That means one can't rely on postgresql.service to "shut down everything" anyway. I guess the answer is that: - postgresql.service is meant as a overarching helper and not meant to sync-shutdown - if you need synchronous behavior pleas issue a stop to the individual cluster like $ systemctl stop postgresql@12-main.service - that is actually beneficial, most tasks do this for backup or similar. This way you can stop/process/start the Clusters individually (if you have many) - if you need a "one command stops all" you can use $ systemctl stop postgresql "postgresql@*" I'm linking Debian bug https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=759725 where this is being discussed for quite some time. Due to the existing workarounds and the low amount of affected uses (the first time after year) this is prio medium/low - a classic "yes it would be nice but I'm not sure one will get to work on it" case. To be clear if anyone has a great suggestion how to achieve the shutdown to be synchronous as well I guess we will rather quickly add it to Debian and Ubuntu - but right now we are missing that idea. ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #759725 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=759725 ** Changed in: postgresql-common (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged ** Changed in: postgresql-common (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Also affects: postgresql-common (Debian) via https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=759725 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1862138 Title: "systemctl stop postgresql" fails to stop postgresql To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postgresql-common/+bug/1862138/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
