Someone on the IRC channel told me to post this here.

But basically I've installed 'postgresql-service' in a system config, like this:

                  (postgresql-service
                   #:config-file (local-file "../psql/postgresql.conf")
                   #:data-directory "/data/psql"
                   #:locale "en_US.utf8")
                  %base-services)))

I changed the contents of postgresql.conf (again), and re-ran "sudo guix system reconfigure".

Then I wanted to stop the postgres service, and I believe I ran: "sudo herd stop postgres".

The first time I did that, Herd told me it stopped postgres, but when called again, this happens:

~$ sudo herd stop postgres
herd: service 'postgres' could not be found

(Why would the service "not be found", if it's installed?)


---------------- 'postgres' is listed as stopped:

~$ sudo herd status
Started:
 + loopback
 + term-tty5
 + term-tty1
 + root
 + console-font-tty6
 + console-font-tty4
 + file-system-/dev/pts
 + term-tty3
 + host-name
 + term-tty4
 + syslogd
 + term-tty2
 + console-font-tty1
 + nscd
 + console-font-tty2
 + file-system-/data
 + user-processes
 + console-font-tty3
 + term-tty6
 + root-file-system
 + networking
 + file-system-/gnu/store
 + console-font-tty5
 + guix-daemon
 + user-file-systems
 + file-system-/dev/shm
 + urandom-seed
 + ssh-daemon
 + udev
 + file-systems
Stopped:
 - user-homes
 - postgres


-------------------- But it's still running:

~$ ps aux | grep postgres
postgres   252  0.0  0.7 312888 29496 ?        S    22:10   0:00 /gnu/store/3rg0avphlwgq56qjxd8gr8xbmh1rwkal-postgresql-10.1/bin/postgres --config-file=/gnu/store/hh3s1gpyfv0fa4g7n3x6qyy4272nkb7g-postgresql.conf -p 5432 -D /data/psql
postgres   253  0.0  0.0  23236  2296 ?        Ss   22:10   0:00 postgres: logger process
postgres   255  0.0  0.0 312888  2576 ?        Ss   22:10   0:00 postgres: checkpointer process
postgres   256  0.0  0.1 312888  4872 ?        Ss   22:10   0:00 postgres: writer process
postgres   257  0.0  0.5 312888 20460 ?        Ss   22:10   0:00 postgres: wal writer process
postgres   258  0.0  0.1 313192  5536 ?        Ss   22:10   0:00 postgres: autovacuum launcher process
postgres   259  0.0  0.0  23236  2260 ?        Ss   22:10   0:00 postgres: stats collector process
postgres   260  0.0  0.0 313172  3644 ?        Ss   22:10   0:00 postgres: bgworker: logical replication launcher




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So yeah, that's pretty much it :)

Not sure what else to tell you now.

Let me know if you have ideas, etc.



Best,
Jukka