On Thu, 10 May 2007, David Lee wrote:

> [...]
> I noted that the autoconf method changed the file locations for Linux from
> "/sbin/reboot" to "/usr/bin/reboot" (similarly for 'poweroff').  Linux
> seems to have both locations valid, although with potential subtle
> differences.  Does this matter?  If it is a serious issue, then I think
> the correction would be in "configure.in" to invoke the (optional) 'path'
> argument to the "AC_PATH_PROGS()" macro.
> [...]

Update: This seems to be a local thing here.  I do these builds in an
ordinary, non-root, account, which, being non-root, generally doesn't
include "/sbin" in its path.  (A "which reboot" as non-root and as root
picks up the two different versions.)


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