Bug#789604: release-notes: 'halt' behaviour changed without notice
Vincent McIntyre wrote:
> I'm submitting this patch on the advice of the systemd maintainers.
> Could this be applied to the jessie release notes?
It's good, but I've got a couple of English usage nitpicks:
> Index: issues.dbk
> ===================================================================
> --- issues.dbk (revision 10955)
> +++ issues.dbk (working copy)
> @@ -586,7 +586,22 @@
> bug #784720</ulink>
> </para>
> </section>
> +<section id="systemd-halt-behaviour">
> + <!-- Wheezy to Jessie (#760923) -->
> + <title>systemd: behaviour of 'halt' command</title>
^
The rest of the releasenotes is standardised to en_US (with several
"behavior"s just on this page).
> + <para>
> + The <systemitem role="package">sysvinit</systemitem> implementation
> + of the <command>halt</command> command powered off the machine as well.
> + The <systemitem role="package">systemd-sysv</systemitem> implementation
> + of the <command>halt</command> halts the system, but does not power off
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That's either "of halt" or "of the halt command"; or we could just
drop the phrase entirely as unnecessary repetition (as in my patch).
> + the machine. To halt the machine and turn it off,
> + use the <command>poweroff</command> command.
> + </para>
> + <para>
> + See also <ulink url="&url-bts;760923">Debian bug #760923</ulink>
> + </para>
> </section>
> +</section>
--
JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
Index: en/issues.dbk
===================================================================
--- en/issues.dbk (revision 10955)
+++ en/issues.dbk (working copy)
@@ -586,7 +586,21 @@
bug #784720</ulink>
</para>
</section>
+<section id="systemd-halt-behavior">
+ <!-- Wheezy to Jessie (#760923) -->
+ <title>systemd: behavior of 'halt' command</title>
+ <para>
+ The <systemitem role="package">sysvinit</systemitem> implementation
+ of the <command>halt</command> command powered off the machine as well.
+ The <systemitem role="package">systemd-sysv</systemitem> implementation
+ halts the system, but does not power off the machine. To halt the
+ machine and turn it off, use the <command>poweroff</command> command.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ See also <ulink url="&url-bts;760923">Debian bug #760923</ulink>
+ </para>
</section>
+</section>
<section id="required-kernel-config-options">
<!-- Wheezy to Jessie -->
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