Capitalize package names. Patch up a clumsy sentence. Change an

instance of the imperative mood to the indicative. Improve the
description of the "halt" and "init" programs.
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David Bryant 2022-12-19 13:44:36 -06:00
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<sect2 role="package">
<title/>
<para>The sysklogd package contains programs for logging system messages,
such as those given by the kernel when unusual things happen.</para>
<para>The Sysklogd package contains programs for logging system messages,
such as those emitted by the kernel when unusual things happen.</para>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Sysklogd</title>
<para>First, fix problems that causes a segmentation fault under
some conditions in klogd and fix an obsolete program construct:</para>
<para>First, fix a problem that causes a segmentation fault in klogd
under some conditions, and fix an obsolete program construct:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/Error loading kernel symbols/{n;n;d}' ksym_mod.c
sed -i 's/union wait/int/' syslogd.c</userinput></screen>

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<varlistentry id="fstab-decode">
<term><command>fstab-decode</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Run a command with fstab-encoded arguments</para>
<para>Runs a command with fstab-encoded arguments</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit fstab-decode">
<primary sortas="b-fstab-decode">fstab-decode</primary>
</indexterm>
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<term><command>halt</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Normally invokes <command>shutdown</command> with the
<parameter>-h</parameter> option, except when already in run-level 0,
then it tells the kernel to halt the system; it notes in the
file <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename> that the system is being
brought down</para>
<parameter>-h</parameter> option, but when already in run-level 0,
it tells the kernel to halt the system; it notes in the
file <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename> that the system is
going down</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit halt-sysv">
<primary sortas="b-halt">halt</primary>
</indexterm>
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<term><command>init</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>The first process to be started when the kernel has initialized
the hardware which takes over the boot process and starts all the
proceses specified in its configuration file</para>
the hardware; it takes over the boot process and starts all the
processes specified in its configuration file</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit init-sysv">
<primary sortas="b-init">init</primary>
</indexterm>
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<term><command>killall5</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Sends a signal to all processes, except the processes in its own
session so it will not kill its parent shell</para>
session; it will not kill its parent shell</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit killall5">
<primary sortas="b-killall5">killall5</primary>
</indexterm>