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[Olli Niemi <1448259@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

When I compare the documentation I see that with systemd SIGTERM has
been removed from it:

Old behavior: http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?shutdown+8
Systemd behavior: http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/shutdown.8.html

Is it now that SIGTERM is sent in case-by-case basis to specific
applications (based on error reports)? Should SIGTERM be mentioned in
the documentation?

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Title:
  Systemd does not send SIGTERM first on shutdown

Status in systemd:
  Unknown
Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in systemd source package in Vivid:
  In Progress
Status in systemd package in Fedora:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  It has been normal that applications first get the SIGTERM signal
  before SIGKILL on shutdown/reboot in order to successfully finish any
  pending tasks. Now it seem this logic has been changed to something
  else, causing problems to mosh and many others:

  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mosh/+bug/1446982

  SIGTERM  suggestion can be seen here:

  http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?shutdown+8

  I created this error report to find out the correct way for
  applications to fix this problem or to create one fix to systemd,
  bringing back the old "BSD shutdown" functionality.

  This report is for Ubuntu 15.04.

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