Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 08:59:23 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 280941] The reboot command considered harmful Message-ID: <bug-280941-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=280941 Bug ID: 280941 Summary: The reboot command considered harmful Product: Base System Version: Unspecified Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Some People Priority: --- Component: bin Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: ant-x@rambler.ru The `reboot' command violates the principle of least astonishment: although named after the common and regular operation, it is /not/ the recommended and graceful way to reboot the machine. For example, it does not invoke rc.shutdown(8). The Handbook therefore recommends initiating a reboot[1] with `shutdown -r now', which is a longer and less obvious command. Because of this, many users (and especially those coming from Linux), have been using `reboot' for years when they should have been using `shutdown -r' instead. To make the interface more logical and intuitive, I propose that a breaking change be introduced that causes `reboot' invoked without parameters to have an effect equivalent to that of `shutdown -r now', and to provide the current `reboot' behavior via `fastboot' and/or a new command-line option, such as -f or --fast. With that change, the bare `reboot' will do what its name suggests: a graceful reboot of the system. This dangerous `reboot' behavior was discussed on #freebsd on the 23rd of July, 2024, where gentler ways to amend the situation were proposed, including improving the documentaion and displaying a warning or error message from `reboot'. ____________________ 1. https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/boot/#boot-shutdown -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.help
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