Boris Epstein <borepstein@xxxxxxxxx> 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 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
