"shutdown now" on F11 as root problems and app crashes in

[KC8LDO]

Rick;

I can send them a note. I don't about it being "pithy" but the documentation 
should be complete and correct at least.

Regards;

Leland C. Scott
KC8LDO

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Stevens" <ricks at nerd.com>
To: "KC8LDO" <kc8ldo at arrl.net>
Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: "shutdown now" on F11 as root problems and app crashes in


> KC8LDO wrote:
>> Rick;
>>
>> I just checked the command line version, using "--help", as you 
>> suggested, and the info is there, of course. I wasn't expecting that sort 
>> of default behavior. Nothing in the man page that warns about it. 
>> Somebody may want to consider adding that tid-bit to the man page. I 
>> thought the man pages were the main source of info for various commands 
>> etc., looks like it isn't. Guess I'll just have to be more careful. 
>> Another day, learn something new.
>
> Yes, the man page should reflect the command better but the man pages
> are often maintained by someone other than the maintainer of the command
> itself.  In this case it appears that they ARE done by the same folk
> (Canonical, Ltd.), so they should probably get a bug report.  The man
> page does have a link:
>
> Report bugs at https://launchpad.net/products/upstart/+bugs
>
> If you have a chance, perhaps you should send them a pithy little note
> about it.
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