I'm seeing two sets of shutdown messages, and apparently a second shutdown checkpoint being forced, during a normal database stop:
2007-06-30 14:21:00 EDT 9644 LOG: received smart shutdown request 2007-06-30 14:21:00 EDT 9647 LOG: shutting down 2007-06-30 14:21:00 EDT 9647 LOG: checkpoint starting: shutdown immediate 2007-06-30 14:21:00 EDT 9647 LOG: checkpoint complete: wrote 23 buffers (0.6%); 0 transaction log file(s) added, 0 removed, 0 recycled; write=0.003 s, sync=0.178 s, total=0.237 s 2007-06-30 14:21:00 EDT 9647 LOG: database system is shut down 2007-06-30 14:21:00 EDT 9644 LOG: background writer process (PID 9647) exited with exit code 0 2007-06-30 14:21:00 EDT 9644 LOG: terminating any other active server processes 2007-06-30 14:21:00 EDT 9644 LOG: all server processes terminated; reinitializing 2007-06-30 14:21:00 EDT 9654 LOG: database system was shut down at 2007-06-30 14:21:00 EDT 2007-06-30 14:21:01 EDT 9655 LOG: shutting down 2007-06-30 14:21:01 EDT 9655 LOG: checkpoint starting: shutdown immediate 2007-06-30 14:21:01 EDT 9655 LOG: checkpoint complete: wrote 0 buffers (0.0%); 0 transaction log file(s) added, 0 removed, 0 recycled; write=0.000 s, sync=0.000 s, total=0.041 s 2007-06-30 14:21:01 EDT 9655 LOG: database system is shut down I haven't looked for the cause yet but I suspect it's got something to do with this patch: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2007-06/msg00285.php Either that or somebody else broke it recently. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
