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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 19:18:27 +1100
From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: bde@zeta.org.au, mike@smith.net.au
Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_shutdown.c
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        peter@netplex.com.au
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>> >> kern.shutdown_timeout was so important that it was never used.
>> >
>> >I did, and I suspect that other people that ran things like squid certainly
>> >did too.
>> 
>> Actually, it was actually used by init(8) even in /usr/src, so it should
>> not have been removed.  However, storing application variables in the
>> kernel is bogus.
>
>Any suggestions on a resolution for this?  Should it be resurrected?  

Of course it must be resurrected while init uses it.

Bruce

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