Ok, I've worked my way all the way through this bug now, and I have to
conclude this is behavior we can't/shouldn't change.
- The 'shutdown' command has three options: '-h' (halt or power off), '-H'
(halt), and '-P' (power off).
- The 'halt' command maps to -H, by design.
- The 'poweroff' command maps to -P, by design.
- The /etc/default/halt configuration *only* affects the behavior when neither
-H nor -P has been specified.
- There is no way to make 'halt' by itself map to 'poweroff', without making it
impossible to do a real 'halt'.
- These are all standard options that shouldn't be changed.
So I'm closing this bug report as 'wontfix'. The current behavior is
inconsistent with previous upstart behavior, but that behavior was
buggy. The current behavior is correct, and I'm afraid people will just
have to learn that 'halt' doesn't mean what you were led to believe it
means.
If you want the system to poweroff, you need to run either 'shutdown -h
now', 'halt -p', or 'poweroff'. All three commands work. 'halt -p' is
the shortest and probably the most compatible with existing muscle
memory.
** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged => Won't Fix
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system doesn't turn off if "sudo halt" is given
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