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Date: Sat, 5 Jul 1997 09:50:54 +1000 (EST)
From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au>
To: =?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
cc: Adam David <adam@veda.is>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG,
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/init init.c
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On Sat, 5 Jul 1997, =?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= wrote:

> On Fri, 4 Jul 1997, Adam David wrote:
> 
> > >   death: revoke all lines listed in /etc/ttys instead of sending HUP
> > >   to all processes
> > 
> > This assumes /etc/ttys never changes while the system is up, which is
> > not necessarily true.
> 
> No, it not assume this. Most recent /etc/ttys used here.

There is a small chance that /etc/ttys is modified, but init not HUPed 
before a shutdown.  Would it not be more appropriate to revoke the 
processes being watched, rather than reading from /etc/ttys?

/*  Daniel O'Callaghan                                                     */
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