Re: 'poweroff' seems to (only) halt as of main-n267841-0b3f9e435f2b

On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 03:49:54PM +0000, Gary Jennejohn wrote:
> ...
> I use 'shutdown -p now' and it's never failed to power down my computers.
> ....

I could say the same about "poweroff", up to the main-n267808-197944948e62
-> main-n267841-0b3f9e435f2b transition.  And I probably wouldn't
have mentioned anything, except that each of the 3 machines (one
headless build machine; 2 laptops) I tested exhibited the same change.

Note, too, from src/sbin/shutdown/shutdown.c:

        /*
         * Test for the special case where the utility is called as
         * "poweroff", for which it runs 'shutdown -p now'.
         */
        if ((p = strrchr(argv[0], '/')) == NULL)
                p = argv[0];
        else
                ++p;
        if (strcmp(p, "poweroff") == 0) {
                if (getopt(argc, argv, "") != -1)
                        usage((char *)NULL);
                argc -= optind;
                argv += optind;
                if (argc != 0)
                        usage((char *)NULL);
                dopower = 1;
                offset = 0;
                (void)time(&shuttime);
                goto poweroff;

(So I believe we are referring to the same code paths, whether by
"shutdown -p now" or "poweroff".)

Peace,
david
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