[Bug 991997] Re: Default behavior of "halt" changed to halt only instead of powering off

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Default behavior of "halt" changed to halt only instead of powering
  off

Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Hi,

  I just installed 12.04 and running "sudo halt" only halts the system
  instead of powering it off.

  This worked fine on 10.04 - running "halt" by itself powered off the
  machine and it looks like it is still configured to poweroff the box
  in /etc/default/halt in Precise but that doesn't happen.

  Is this the intended behavior? If so, is it documented somewhere?

  I saw a comment here:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/880240/comments/4

  That said that halt no longer powers off the system, but I have been
  unable to find any documention explaining the change.

  Thanks,
  Charles

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: upstart 1.5-0ubuntu5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: rr26xx
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Apr 30 07:48:35 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120424.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: upstart
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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