[Mageia-dev] latest kernels not powering off machines on shutdown

Thu Aug 9 21:31:45 CEST 2012

'Twas brillig, and Pascal Terjan at 09/08/12 20:04 did gyre and gimble:
+> Yes because it totally makes sense to have a command to halt the
+> operating system but leave the machine using some power for nothing
+> (and preventing you from powering it on with wol). I am sure someone
+> believes it can be useful in some strange scenario.
+
+It's very useful and it was essential for me during the previous release
+to debug shutdown logic.
+
+I want to see and read the debug that happens here and with a regular
+poweroff the debug disappears before you can read it. It's maybe not
+something you want to use regularly, but it doesn't mean it's not
+useful. There were always "poweroff" and "halt" commands - the names
+speak for themselves, it's just people got used to broken behaviour in
+the past. If you want to power your machine down, just type "poweroff".
+If you want to halt it, then type "halt". Kinda self explanatory really.
+Use the right tool for the right job :)
+
+Col
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