From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Jan 21 6:50:17 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9CFF37B417 for ; Mon, 21 Jan 2002 06:50:03 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g0LEo2A40224; Mon, 21 Jan 2002 06:50:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 06:50:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200201211450.g0LEo2A40224@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: "clemensF" Subject: Re: conf/34109: /etc/rc.shutdown isn't run on halt(8) Reply-To: "clemensF" Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR conf/34109; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "clemensF" To: "Peter Pentchev" Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: conf/34109: /etc/rc.shutdown isn't run on halt(8) Date: 21 Jan 2002 15:42:39 +0100 > Peter Pentchev: > Errr.. how exactly did you try to shut your system down? i do not need the functionality of shutdown(8), so i choose halt(8) to do the job. > The /etc/rc.shutdown script is run quite fine if you use the shutdown(8) i will try shutdown(8), but i'm really not sure i want it. > Normally, the shutdown(8) utility is used when the system needs to be > halted or restarted, giving users advance warning of their impending doom > and cleanly terminating specific programs. > > Note the 'cleanly terminating specific programs' part :) do you suggest users do guesswork to find out if a clearly defined script is run or not? i'd prefer "... and runs /etc/rc.shutdown to cleanly terminate specific programs." clemens fischer To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message