Re: 15.0 - rc.conf ignores a setting

On Sun, Dec 07, 2025 at 12:53:44AM +0100, infoomatic wrote:
> I have a pkgbase 15.0 which ignores the new setting precious_machine="YES"
> in rc.conf. It does not happen on non-pkgbase 15.0 systems. What could be
> the problem?

What command and flags are you using to try shutdown the system?

Does the behavior change if you manually create the /var/run/noshutdown
file?

E.g. when I 'touch /var/run/noshutdown' on a 15.0 test VM it properly
prevents shutdown with the message "Shutdown cannot be done,
/var/run/noshutdown is present".

I'm guessing your system's shutdown binary doesn't have the noshutdown
function somehow -- is your system from an upgrade or a fresh install?

A quick way to check the binary itself:

  $ strings /sbin/shutdown | grep noshutdown
  Shutdown cannot be done, /var/run/noshutdown is present
  /var/run/noshutdown

If you don't see that sort of output, I think that shows why you have
the problem, but not necessarily how it got that way.

Cheers,
sr.