Re: can't stop autovacuum by HUP'ing the server

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Dave Cramer <pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: can't stop autovacuum by HUP'ing the server
Date: 2008-08-26 13:37:37
Message-ID: 20080826133737.GA4920@alvh.no-ip.org
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Dave Cramer wrote:

> Ok, here are the logs from last night
>
> 2008-08-26 04:00:02 EDT [25407] LOG: received SIGHUP, reloading
> configuration files
> 2008-08-26 04:00:02 EDT [22649] LOG: autovacuum launcher shutting down
> 2008-08-26 04:00:02 EDT [30438] LOG: autovacuum launcher started
>
>
> you can see the SIGHUP, the launcher being shut down, and starting right
> back up again ???
>
> is this expected behaviour ?

Certainly not, and that's not what I see here either. I assume process
25407 is (was) the postmaster, yes?

If you "show autovacuum", is it on?

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