[gentoo-dev] systemd + postgresql is non-obvious to me

[Alexander Berntsen]

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# emerge postgresql-server
  ...

# emerge --config dev-db/postgresql-server:9.3
  ...

# systemctl start postgresql-server-9.3
  Job for postgresql-9.3.service failed. See 'systemctl status
  postgresql-9.3.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.

# systemctl status postgresql-9.3.service
  ● postgresql-9.3.service - PostgreSQL database server
  ...
  Process: 24145 ExecStart=/usr/lib/postgresql-9.3/bin/pg_ctl start -D
${PGDATA} -s -l ${DATA_DIR}/postmaster.log -o -p ${PGPORT}
- --data-directory=${DATA_DIR} -w -t 300 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
  ...
  Jul 15 13:17:23 hackintosh pg_ctl[24145]: pg_ctl: could not start
  server
  Jul 15 13:17:23 hackintosh pg_ctl[24145]: Examine the log output.
  Jul 15 13:17:23 hackintosh systemd[1]: postgresql-9.3.service:
  control process exited, code=exited status=1
  Jul 15 13:17:23 hackintosh systemd[1]: Failed to start PostgreSQL
  database server.
  Jul 15 13:17:23 hackintosh systemd[1]: Unit postgresql-9.3.service
  entered failed state.


# cat /var/lib/postgresql/9.3/data/postmaster.log
  FATAL:  could not create lock file "/run/postgresql
  /.s.PGSQL.5432.lock": No such file or directory


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To alleviate this I needed to run "systemd-tmpfiles --create". This
was non-obvious to me. Sounds like a packaging issue that I need to do
it in the first place?
- -- 
Alexander
bernalex@g.o
https://secure.plaimi.net/~alexander
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