control: tags -1 +fixed-upstream
[2019-04-08 12:54] Jesse Smith <jsm...@resonatingmedia.com>
> On 4/8/19 12:38 PM, Dmitry Bogatov wrote:
> > control: tags -1 +upstream
> >
> > [ Please keep attribution ]
> >
> > [2019-04-07 11:12] Jesse Smith <jsm...@resonatingmedia.com>
> >>
> >> That is what halt means - to stop running the system without powering
> >> off.
> > Maybe, but many of us are accustomed that /sbin/halt turns off the computer,
> > so here comes confusion.
>
> That is certainly true, but I'd like to point out that /sbin/halt only
> turns off the computer because Debian modifies halt's behaviour. If you
> run /sbin/halt without Debian's modifications, the traditional action
> (stop without powering off) occurs. I'd almost consider this a bug since
> /sbin/halt should be used to stop the system while /sbin/poweroff should
> be used to, well, turn off the power to the system.
I believe at least in some of RPM-based distributions /sbin/halt also
turns off computer. But it is just outdated memories from my studentship
times :)
> >> Halting is often used to run through the shutdown process and leave
> >> output on the screen for debugging purposes. Or when you want the OS to
> >> stop, but leave the power on. There is no negative side-effect to using
> >> the -H option, no loss of data. There isn't any reason to print an extra
> >> warning.
> > Okay, what about including this explanation into manpage? I know, Unix
> > is about sharp tools, but before I started working on sysvinit, I
> > believed, that "halt == turn-off", so extra explanation, that it is
> > different things would be nice to user.
>
> I'm in favour of this change and can expand on the explanation in the
> manual page for the next release.
Thank you!
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