Ubuntu
sysvinit package

/etc/init.d/halt does not declare dependencies

Bug #739007 reported by Thilo-Alexander Ginkel on 2011-03-20

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #858122: incomplete migration to /run (shutdown script order has been demolished). Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	sysvinit (Debian)	New	Unknown	debbugs #549260
	sysvinit (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: sysvinit

Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10

initscripts:
Installed: 2.87dsf-4ubuntu19
Candidate: 2.87dsf-4ubuntu19

The init script /etc/init.d/halt does not declare any dependencies, which causes it to be inserted very early in the shutdown sequence when recalculating the script order using insserv.

This causes the system to be powered off before the shutdown is complete (as halt is inserted as S01halt) and ends up with dirty filesystems.

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Thilo-Alexander Ginkel (thilo.ginkel) wrote on 2011-03-20:

The same applies to /etc/init.d/reboot

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2011-03-21

Changed in sysvinit (Debian):
status:	Unknown → New

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David Clayton (dcstar) wrote on 2011-10-01:

This also affects new Ubuntu 10.04.3 installs.

Manually renaming /etc/rc0.d/S01halt to S99halt fixes it (as the same for /etc/rc6.d/S99reboot).

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2011-10-01:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in sysvinit (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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David Clayton (dcstar) wrote on 2011-10-03:

Ok, I have now found what was breaking my scripts - VMware Workstation 8/Player - I verified that the install process of this program changed all the run levels in /etc/rc0.d & /etc/rc6.d on my fresh 10.04 test system. I have reported it to the VMware forums.