Re: Default mode for shutdown

Josh Kupershmidt wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Alvaro Herrera
> <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
> > It occurs to me that we may need a new mode, which disconnects sessions
> > that are not in a transaction (or as soon as they are) but leaves
> > in-progress transactions alone; this could be the new default. ?Of
> > course, this is much more difficult to implement than the current modes.
>
> I like this idea, if it's feasible. Might I also suggest that the
> smart-mode shutdown give a HINT to the user that he can forcibly kill
> off existing sessions using -m fast. Right now, we show something
> like this:
>
> $ pg_ctl -D PGDATA stop
> waiting for server to shut down....
> ........................................................... failed
> pg_ctl: server does not shut down
>
> And it's not immediately obvious to the user why the server didn't
> shut down, or how to fix things.

I have applied the attached patch to mention -m fast when a smart
shutdown or restart fails.

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