[Pkg-postgresql-public] Bug#871986: Bug#871986: postgresql-9.6: PostgreSQL fails to start after upgrade

[Jacob Sparre Andersen]

Christoph Berg wrote:

> Is /etc/postgresql/9.6/main/start.conf set to "auto"?

No. :-(

It appears that I simply hadn't switched from "manual" to "auto" after I 
finished the upgrade from 9.4 (Jessie) to 9.6.

I'm sorry about filling trivial problems like that in the bug database.

> > I've tried "sudo service postgresql restart" without any visible effect.
> 
> postgresql.service is just a stub which forwards all actions to the
> individual services like postgresql at 9.6-main.service. Unfortunately
> systemctl doesn't really relay any errors back if there's any.

Could "postgresql.service" be expanded such that running "service 
postgresql" will output a suggestion to use "systemctl" instead?

Thanks for the help!

/Jacob