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From: =?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
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Subject: Re: ppp & HUP. 
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On Wed, 2 Jul 1997, Nate Williams wrote:

> > If nobody will explain why this HUP is neded (hanging shells perfectly
> > killed by SIGKILL), I'll remove HUP sending from init.
> 
> Because it gives processes a chance to die 'nicely', instead of having
> the run pulled out from under them.

SIGTERM exist for this reason, not SIGHUP.

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