Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 23:01:55 -0400 From: The Anarcat <anarcat@anarcat.ath.cx> To: Thomas Quinot <thomas@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/reboot reboot.c Message-ID: <20021007030155.GC580@lenny.anarcat.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <200210061624.g96GObwW088326@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200210061624.g96GObwW088326@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Shouldn't the manpage be updated too?
I was thinking of something like:
--- reboot.8.orig Sun Oct 6 23:00:32 2002
+++ reboot.8 Sun Oct 6 23:01:30 2002
@@ -109,10 +109,7 @@
.It Fl p
The system will turn off the power
if it can.
-This is of course likely to make
-.Nm
-rather similar to
-.Nm halt .
+If it cannot, it will reboot normally.
.El
.Pp
The
Am I missing something here? :)
A.
On Sun Oct 06, 2002 at 09:24:36AM -0700, Thomas Quinot wrote:
> thomas 2002/10/06 09:24:36 PDT
>
> Modified files:
> sbin/reboot reboot.c
> Log:
> Set only the RB_POWEROFF flag (not the RB_HALT flag) when
> '-p' is used on the reboot(8) command line.
>
> This is intended for use when you want to attempt a power down
> action, but you want the system to reboot (not halt) if the
> power down action fails.
>
> This is typically useful when the power-off action performed by
> the kernel consists in signalling an uninterrupted power supply
> that it should shut down its inverter if mains power has not returned.
>
> The behaviour of shutdown(8) and init(8) is not modified;
> only the behaviour of invoking 'reboot -p' manually is
> modified, and then only in the case when a power-down action
> fails.
>
> Sounded reasonable to: phk
> Approved by: roberto (mentor)
>
> Revision Changes Path
> 1.17 +1 -1 src/sbin/reboot/reboot.c
>
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