--- halt.redhat Fri Oct 9 12:16:20 1998 +++ halt Fri Oct 9 12:16:50 1998 @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ case "$0" in *halt) message="The system is halted" - command="halt" + command="halt -p" ;; *reboot) message="Please stand by while rebooting the system..."
This only has an effect on APM enabled kernels and we don't ship APM kernels. If we start to ship them, we might consider it.This only has an effect on APM enabled kernels and we don't ship APM kernels. If we start to ship them, we might consider it.
I've just installed RH on a notebook and reading this bug report before probably saved me from spending a lot of time trying to understand why it does not power down on halt. AFAIK, there is nothing wrong with having this -p even when there is no APM support in the kernel, so why not add it?