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[Rarylson Freitas <rarylson@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think the current behavior is correctly, but the comment in
"/etc/default/halt" sould be updated.

Currently, this file is only used by /sbin/shutdown (or by the
/etc/init.d/halt, that can be called by the  /sbin/shutdown depending of
the situation).

Updating the comment may avoid user misunderstands.

In Trusty, this file is packaged in the "initscripts" package:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/amd64/initscripts/filelist

The default file should be:

  # Default behaviour of shutdown -h. Set to "halt" or "poweroff".
  HALT=poweroff

I'm attaching a patch to the current "initscripts" package.

** Patch added: "bug_halt_outdated_docs.patch"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/991997/+attachment/4327304/+files/bug_halt_outdated_docs.patch

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Title:
  Wrong comment in /etc/default/halt: Default behavior of "halt" changed
  to halt only instead of powering off

Status in sysvinit package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in upstart package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Hi,

  I just installed 12.04 and running "sudo halt" only halts the system
  instead of powering it off.

  This worked fine on 10.04 - running "halt" by itself powered off the
  machine and it looks like it is still configured to poweroff the box
  in /etc/default/halt in Precise but that doesn't happen.

  Is this the intended behavior? If so, is it documented somewhere?

  I saw a comment here:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/880240/comments/4

  That said that halt no longer powers off the system, but I have been
  unable to find any documention explaining the change.

  Thanks,
  Charles

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: upstart 1.5-0ubuntu5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: rr26xx
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Apr 30 07:48:35 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120424.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: upstart
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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