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Date:      Tue, 14 Jan 2025 17:40:23 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 280941] The reboot command considered harmful
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Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> changed:

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--- Comment #4 from Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> ---
Embedded systems sometimes need a reboot this instant functionality.

However, that can be bound to a number of other historic interfaces.

In our systems at $WORK we have almost no aliases, but we do have "reboot"
aliased to "shutdown -r now"

This was hashed out maybe 15 or so years ago, and there was only mild suppo=
rt
for doing something like this at the time. Since then, Linux's way has beco=
me
more entrenched and the 'reboot right this instant' crowd has gone from sma=
ll,
but significant minority to almost nonexistant group. Most people tolerate =
the
behavior, but few strongly support it.

I'd suggest that we only do the current behavior when invoked as 'fastboot'=
 or
'fasthalt'.

But I fear it would be a big bikeshed, so that "we" will need to be someone
else.

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