Sam Varshavchik: >> I'm sure that folks running on a UPS would appreciate a system >> shutdown triggered by a power failure, by a low power alert from >> the UPS, now having to wait until the man page cache gets updated. Tom Horsley: > Or someone trying to shutdown their laptop to board a plane :-). Or simply wanting to shutdown the computer and leave the house in a hurry. I detest things which *STUPIDLY* prolong start-up and shut-down times. Things like man or locate database updating can be done in the background when the system is running, and should be quickly and cleanly interruptible (whether that be an abort, or making use of some kind of resuming bookmark). -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 4.13.16-202.fc26.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Nov 30 15:39:32 UTC 2017 x86_64 Boilerplate: All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. There is no point trying to privately email me, I only get to see the messages posted to the mailing list. Evolution keeps on telling me that it's refreshing, but I still want to go and get a drink. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
