Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 09:20:06 -0700 From: Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Updating reboot's default Message-ID: <CACNAnaEhJ-WHTkGfhYYJEyfTnGAjfb_F6oh7QSbrtd8GFTeSpg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <202206211617.25LGH9sY053787@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> References: <CANCZdfq0bkw4RGy=HoQhx0VHck=JQzoiONWifMY3n37Mpgz17w@mail.gmail.com> <202206211617.25LGH9sY053787@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
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On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 9:17 AM Rodney W. Grimes <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> wrote: > > > 15 or 20 years ago, we talked about changing the default for reboot from > > 'right now' to being safe shutdown. There were arguments made against it > > due to tiny appliances and such. > > > > Time has past, and this oddity has persisted. It's time to revisit that > > decision. > > > > I'd propose that we keep 'fastboot' and 'fasthalt' having the immediate > > behavior. However, the 'reboot' command will switch from '-q' behavior to > > '-r' behavior. > > > > I'll update the man page, etc to reflect these new defaults. Most of the > > systems I've been on in the last 10-15 years have had some flavor of 'alias > > reboot reboot -r' in their login scripts and/or made shell scripts that did > > this. This will match what everybody else is doing, and will likely result > > in less astonishment rather than more, even though it changes a > > long-standing default behavior. > > > > Comments? > > > > Warner > > That isnt a reboot any more, that is a re-root, and I thought > that re-root requires certain other things to be in place for it > to work correctly, or perhaps I am mis-remebering that. Also doesnt > this preserve a large amount of prior state? > Note a later correction -- he meant "shutdown -r", rather than re-root.
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