Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 16:06:03 +1100 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie> Cc: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@scsiguy.com>, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/reboot reboot.c Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103221557400.9098-100000@besplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <200103212023.aa36148@salmon.maths.tcd.ie>
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On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, Ian Dowse wrote: > [Interestingly, init(8) reads a sysctl `kern.shutdown_timeout' to > override the default delay while running rc.shutdown; that sysctl > was removed over two years ago in init_main.c r1.107]. init_main.c r1.107 is just a bug. The sysctl was not unused; it was used by init(8) (only) and still would be if it existed. Sysctls shouldn't be used to configure applications, but that is another bug. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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