Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 20:22:17 -0800 From: Rob Farmer <rfarmer@predatorlabs.net> To: "John R. Levine" <johnl@iecc.com> Cc: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: shutdown computer after the halt command Message-ID: <AANLkTikNoh%2Br%2BBGij3AvpvLzC%2B-X9UgeW6jLUq2AyqZB@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102072225540.31791@joyce.lan> References: <AANLkTimXnCVBbZ1xz=jRMXGfg6Bka2vns_icg%2B06O9ZT@mail.gmail.com> <20110208025451.24154.qmail@joyce.lan> <AANLkTimiFUV9GdXOsgw6SJ2yjg0TSq%2Bwjv80yL7oXDyG@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102072225540.31791@joyce.lan>
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On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 7:31 PM, John R. Levine <johnl@iecc.com> wrote: >> It's quite easy to see you're wrong, just follow the steps I outlined >> above. =A0If you are correct, reboot(8) should print things like: >> >> Stopping sshd. >> >> to the console. > > Sigh. =A0I shut down my FreeBSD 8.1 laptop all the time with halt -p, and= I > can assure you it prints all those messages. > Well, that's not what everyone else sees. >> You can also reference init.c if you still think you're correct. > > No thanks, I've already read the man page for init, including this > paragraph: > That man page hasn't been more than minorly tweaked in over 10 years, according to cvsweb. > Perhaps your copy of FreeBSD was installed incorrectly, or it's been > so long since you tried halt or reboot that you forgot what happened. > Just did - it kills all process and moves to the syncing disks stage. Nothing rc related is touched. --=20 Rob Farmer
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