On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 12:36, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have a feeling this was done to mirror the rc.multi script (which is > what starts the DAEMONS array). But, you're right. If I boot into > single user mode (runlevel 1) and then start daemons manually, > rc.shutdown should should them down cleanly. > > It seems fine to me to remove this check. Any nay sayers? > I can't think of any reason not to remove it.