Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 23:50:48 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Introducing a poweroff(8) command Message-ID: <20040821235048.6244270a@dev.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: <20040821202252.GB94336@gothmog.gr> References: <20040821191659.GA94336@gothmog.gr> <20040821202252.GB94336@gothmog.gr>
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On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 23:22:52 +0300, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote: > On 2004-08-21 22:16, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> wrote: > > Hi guys, > > > > In response to PR misc/70476 about `halt -p' I wrote a simple patch to > > introduce a "poweroff" command that will default to "halt -p" behavior > > and inhibit the need for changing the default behavior of halt(8). > > > > o Does this look ok to you all? > > > > o Should I suggest using it as a workaround of the behavior > > described in the PR? > > It would be nice if I also included the patch :-? IMHO poweroff should behave like ``shutdown -p now'' rather than ``halt -p''. -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@[uk.]FreeBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org> <brian@[uk.]OpenBSD.org> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !
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