Donald Allen, le Wed 29 May 2013 07:50:52 -0400, a écrit : > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 7:34 AM, Samuel Thibault <[email protected]> wrote: > > Donald Allen, le Wed 29 May 2013 07:29:42 -0400, a écrit : > >> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:30 AM, Samuel Thibault <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > Donald Allen, le Tue 28 May 2013 23:31:34 -0400, a écrit : > >> >> Another issue: on the 600x, I did a > >> >> > >> >> shutdown -hP now > >> > > >> > Please make sure to read the faq :) > >> > >> If 'shutdown' is known not to work and, from the FAQ, apparently does > >> not work by design, why include it? > > > > Because in the end we want shutdown to actually work, there's actually a > > gsoc project that has just started precisely for that. > > > >> make a tiny shutdown script that echoes the FAQ text, > > > > It's the sysvinit package which provides it, not the hurd package. > > Changing the shutdown command would require diverting it, or patching > > the sysvinit package, etc. which might be even more messy. > > Maybe a bit more messy for you, but a lot less messy for users, who > you are trying to attract, at this point to help you test this system > and find problems. Why annoy them with something that is known not to > work by assuming they'll consult a FAQ when they see something that > looks like a bug? In effect, I'm advocating providing a useful and > specific error message instead of what currently happens.
Sure, I completely agree on this, that's not the question. The question is spending time on this. For my part, I'm very busy so didn't take the time to have a look at how to do this properly. If anybody has the time to have a look, he's welcome to send a patch. Samuel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
