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On Tuesday 09 May 2006 09:32, Uwe Thiem <uwix@××××.na> wrote |
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about '[gentoo-user] Network UPS Tools (NUT)': |
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> Hi folks, |
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> anybody using them? If so I have got a question. |
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I'm not but... |
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> Except one thing, everything is handled fine by gentoo's start-up |
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> scripts. The exception is this: If NUT shuts the box down, a flag |
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> /etc/killpower is created. At the end of the shutdown process this flag |
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> determines whether the UPS itself is to be switched of by software. |
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> It seems to me that this flag never gets removed. So a manual "halt" |
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> also tries to switch off the UPS which might not be intended. |
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Sounds like a bug to me. I can't give you confirmation, but I will |
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encourage you to file a bug report. It should be a trivial patch. |
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"If there's one thing we've established over the years, |
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it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest |
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clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." |
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-- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh |
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