[Pkg-sysvinit-commits] r1382 - in sysvinit/trunk/debian: . patches

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

Author: pere
Date: 2009-07-08 13:46:56 +0000 (Wed, 08 Jul 2009)
New Revision: 1382

Added:
   sysvinit/trunk/debian/patches/17_doc_halt.dpatch
Modified:
   sysvinit/trunk/debian/changelog
   sysvinit/trunk/debian/patches/00list
Log:
New patch 17_doc_halt changing halt(8) to make it clear that sync
might happen even when -n is used.  Patch from Bill Nottingham and
Fedora.

Modified: sysvinit/trunk/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- sysvinit/trunk/debian/changelog	2009-07-07 19:19:00 UTC (rev 1381)
+++ sysvinit/trunk/debian/changelog	2009-07-08 13:46:56 UTC (rev 1382)
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
     directories in /var/run and /var/lock (Closes: #422257).
   * Drop Miquel van Smoorenburg as uploader.  He have not been active
     since 2004.
+  * New patch 17_doc_halt changing halt(8) to make it clear that sync
+    might happen even when -n is used.  Patch from Bill Nottingham and
+    Fedora.
 
  -- Petter Reinholdtsen <pere at debian.org>  Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:04:20 +0200
 

Modified: sysvinit/trunk/debian/patches/00list
===================================================================
--- sysvinit/trunk/debian/patches/00list	2009-07-07 19:19:00 UTC (rev 1381)
+++ sysvinit/trunk/debian/patches/00list	2009-07-08 13:46:56 UTC (rev 1382)
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 14_doc_fsf_addr
 15_doc_pidof
 16_doc_runlevel
+17_doc_halt
 21_ifdown_kfreebsd
 25_last_sanify
 26_last_ipv6

Added: sysvinit/trunk/debian/patches/17_doc_halt.dpatch
===================================================================
--- sysvinit/trunk/debian/patches/17_doc_halt.dpatch	                        (rev 0)
+++ sysvinit/trunk/debian/patches/17_doc_halt.dpatch	2009-07-08 13:46:56 UTC (rev 1382)
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#! /bin/sh /usr/share/dpatch/dpatch-run
+## 17_doc_halt.dpatch by Bill Nottingham and Fedora
+
+Document that the kernel may sync even if reboot is called with -n.
+Fedora changelog claim it solves
+<URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=180967>, which is
+blocked from public view.
+
+ at DPATCH@
+--- sysvinit-2.86/man/halt.8.haltman	2001-11-21 16:11:22.000000000 -0500
++++ sysvinit-2.86/man/halt.8	2006-03-17 12:26:39.000000000 -0500
+@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@
+ .\"{{{  Options
+ .SH OPTIONS
+ .IP \fB\-n\fP
+-Don't sync before reboot or halt.
++Don't sync before reboot or halt. Note that the kernel and storage
++drivers may still sync.
+ .IP \fB\-w\fP
+ Don't actually reboot or halt but only write the wtmp record
+ (in the \fI/var/log/wtmp\fP file).


Property changes on: sysvinit/trunk/debian/patches/17_doc_halt.dpatch
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Added: svn:executable
   + *