Hi Ludo, > Could you try this and report back?
$ patch -p1 < ... $ sudo ./pre-inst-env guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm $ sudo herd stop postgres $ sudo herd start postgres Service postgres has been started. $ tail -f /var/log/messages Mar 22 20:15:51 localhost nscd: 213 monitored file `/etc/services` was created, adding watch Mar 22 20:15:51 localhost nscd: 213 monitored file `/etc/services` was written to Mar 22 20:20:40 localhost postgres[2115]: [1-1] FATAL: database files are incompatible with server Mar 22 20:20:40 localhost postgres[2115]: [1-2] DETAIL: The data directory was initialized by PostgreSQL version 9.3, which is not compatible with this version 9.5.1. ... Nice :-) Thanks! Although it would be nice to have shepherd have a field in "herd status" which tells you when it respawned the service in < 1 s intervals (or maybe if it respawned it < 1 s after the initial start) - or maybe just how long ago it was (last) started and when the actual herd start command was :-)
