[gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook: hb-working-rcscripts.xml

[Sven Vermeulen (swift)]

swift       13/08/01 19:41:44

  Modified:             hb-working-rcscripts.xml
  Log:
  Fix bug #475924 - pause for initscripts no longer recommended, use --nodeps stop instead. thanks to Thomas D. for reporting.

Revision  Changes    Path
1.39                 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-working-rcscripts.xml

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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-working-rcscripts.xml?r1=1.38&r2=1.39

Index: hb-working-rcscripts.xml
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-working-rcscripts.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.38
retrieving revision 1.39
diff -u -r1.38 -r1.39
--- hb-working-rcscripts.xml	31 Oct 2012 19:02:20 -0000	1.38
+++ hb-working-rcscripts.xml	1 Aug 2013 19:41:44 -0000	1.39
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-working-rcscripts.xml,v 1.38 2012/10/31 19:02:20 swift Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-working-rcscripts.xml,v 1.39 2013/08/01 19:41:44 swift Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 these aspects and explains how to deal with these scripts.
 </abstract>
 
-<version>7</version>
-<date>2012-10-31</date>
+<version>8</version>
+<date>2013-08-01</date>
 
 <section>
 <title>Runlevels</title>
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
 <p>
 The scripts that the <c>rc</c> process starts are called <e>init scripts</e>.
 Each script in <path>/etc/init.d</path> can be executed with the arguments
-<e>start</e>, <e>stop</e>, <e>restart</e>, <e>pause</e>, <e>zap</e>,
+<e>start</e>, <e>stop</e>, <e>restart</e>, <e>zap</e>,
 <e>status</e>, <e>ineed</e>, <e>iuse</e>, <e>needsme</e>, <e>usesme</e> or
 <e>broken</e>.
 </p>
@@ -235,15 +235,15 @@
 
 <p>
 If you want to stop a service, but not the services that depend on it, you can
-use the <c>pause</c> argument:
+use the <c>--nodeps</c> argument together with the <c>stop</c> command:
 </p>
 
 <pre caption="Stopping Postfix but keep the depending services running">
-# <i>/etc/init.d/postfix pause</i>
+# <i>/etc/init.d/postfix --nodeps stop</i>
 </pre>
 
 <p>
-If you want to see what status a service has (started, stopped, paused, ...) you
+If you want to see what status a service has (started, stopped, ...) you
 can use the <c>status</c> argument:
 </p>