[patch] patch that fixes the problem

82.diff (text/plain), 464 bytes, created by Euler Taveira de Oliveira on 2009-06-17 23:11:34 UTC

--- postgresql.init-8.2.orig	2009-06-17 18:34:51.000000000 -0300
+++ postgresql.init-8.2	2009-06-17 19:19:02.000000000 -0300
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@
 
 	local retval
 
-	su -l ${PGUSER} \
-		-c "env PGDATA=\"${PGDATA}\" /usr/lib/postgresql-8.2/bin/pg_ctl stop -t ${WAIT_FOR_DISCONNECT} -m smart"
+	start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile "${PGDATA}/postmaster.pid" \
+		--retry -TERM/${WAIT_FOR_DISCONNECT}
 
 	retval=$?
 	[ $retval -eq 0 ] && eend $retval && return $retval