Bug#374038: [Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#374038: shutdown -c: clarify when can use

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Sat, 17 Jun 2006, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Package: sysvinit
> Version: 2.86.ds1-14.1
> Severity: wishlist
> File: /usr/share/man/man8/shutdown.8.gz
> 
>        -c     Cancel an already running shutdown. With this option  it  is  of
> 
> Say instead:
> 
>        -c     Cancel a waiting shutdown. ("shutdown now" is no longer

This is definately worth doing.  The unfortunate wording used in the manpage
("already running shutdown") implies shutdown -c could cancel an ongoing
transition to the 0 or 6 runlevel, which it *cannot*.   It cancels an
already running shutdown *command* that is waiting to tell init to switch
runlevels.

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  Henrique Holschuh