They're a bit further up to correct an ancient problem that the sync() could hang the machine; and CAD wasn't yet enabled so the sysadmin couldn't escape it.
Figured I might as well fix problems while changing the world <g> -- upstart fails to power off my system https://launchpad.net/bugs/59134 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs