PostgreSQL server wouldn't shutdown on Lion (Mac OS 10.7)

Question

I installed PostgreSQL using Homebrew on Lion. It starts okay but wouldn\'t shutdown. I tried:

$ #started with
$ pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/lo         


        

Answer 1

Shutting down PostgreSQL Server with -m immediate is a dangerous way to do it, because “Immediate” mode will abort all server processes without a clean shutdown.

This will lead to a recovery run on restart. Try to shutdown PostgreSQL with parameter -m fast instead. "Fast” mode does not wait for clients to disconnect and will terminate an online backup in progress. All active transactions are rolled back and clients are forcibly disconnected

pg_ctl stop -D /usr/local/var/postgres -m fast 

For more information about pg_ctl please visit http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/app-pg-ctl.html