Note that this is the result of a deliberate upstream behavior change as described in bug #532366.
I think it's appropriate to extend upstart's halt implementation to respect /etc/default/halt, but possibly only as a distro patch rather than in upstart upstream. ** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged ** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Importance: High => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/880240 Title: system doesn't turn off if "sudo halt" is given To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/880240/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs