Bug#1002468: Options -q and -Q are described in the body of shutdown, but not in the synopsis

[Mark Hindley]

Control: tags -1 patch

Helge,

On Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 05:27:34PM +0100, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> clone 1001908 -1
> reassign -1 sysvinit-core

Thanks for this.

> Yes, this is the first bug, and it is in the original man page from sysvinit-core:
> 
> SYNOPSIS
>        /sbin/shutdown [-akrhPHfFnc] [-t sec] time [warning message]
> 
> …
> 
>        -q     Reduce the number of warnings shutdown displays. Usually shutdown displays warnings every 15 minutes and then every minute in the last 10 minutes of the countdown until time is reached. When -q is specified shutdown only
>               warns at 60 minute intervals, at the 10 minute mark, at the 5 minue mark, and when the shutdown process actually happens.
> 
>        -Q     Silence warnings prior to shutting down. Usually shutdown displays warnings every 15 minutes and then every minute in the last 10 minutes of the countdown until time is reached. When -Q is specified shutdown  only  warns
>               when the shutdown process actually happens. All other warning intervals are suppressed.
> 
> (Btw. also the lower case "-q" is not in the SYNOPSIS).
> 
> This is the first bug, to be dealt with in sysvinit-core and once it
> has been fixed there, translations may follow.

I have queued a fix for this for the next upload. Proposed patch attached.

Jesse, presumably you will want to include this upstream too?

Thanks all.

Mark
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