Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2025 09:18:22 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 280941] The reboot command considered harmful Message-ID: <bug-280941-227-5ccDqh26o4@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-280941-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=280941 Daniel Tameling <tamelingdaniel@gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |tamelingdaniel@gmail.com --- Comment #12 from Daniel Tameling <tamelingdaniel@gmail.com> --- I haven't commented so far since I don't care that much and wanted to see how the discussion goes. But I wasn't using reboot because of my experience with Linux, I was using it because it's called reboot. And while it's rebooting the system, it turns out that if I want to reboot I should actually be using shutdown instead. That is just bad design and violates the principle of least astonishment FreeBSD normally champions. In fact, with the way I use FreeBSD, I will never use the current reboot directly, so for myself I created a shell alias to shutdown -r now. And this is a FreeBSD pitfall I have seen multiple people fall into. And it is not just beginners. For instance this forum post starts with: "For over 20 years I have used the command: reboot. And never had any problems in my time. I frequently see the manuals say to use the command: shutdown -r now. Why is this used instead of "reboot" and what is the difference?" https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/reboot-my-way-or-reboot-your-way.89185/ I understand that there are people with different usage patterns and expectations, but I personally am in favour of changing the behavior of reboot and halt. I wouldn't even add a fast flag as there still will be fastboot and fashalt. But I can also accept if the current situation remains as it is. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.home | help
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