From: Davin McCall <davmac@davmac.org>
Date: Wed, 1 May 2019 21:06:31 +0000 (+1000)
Subject: Minor improvements to dinit manpage.
X-Git-Tag: v0.5.0~7
X-Git-Url: https://git.librecmc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=68812088be4177595bc5b4d2021557ac6f63c86f;p=oweals%2Fdinit.git

Minor improvements to dinit manpage.
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diff --git a/doc/manpages/dinit.8 b/doc/manpages/dinit.8
index bae7066..c997c0d 100644
--- a/doc/manpages/dinit.8
+++ b/doc/manpages/dinit.8
@@ -21,8 +21,12 @@ functions.
 
 Dinit can be run as a system instance (when run as the root user or when
 specified via command line parameter) or as a user instance. This affects
-the default paths used to locate certain files, and the reaction to various
-signals.
+the default paths used to locate certain files.
+
+When run as PID 1, the first process, Dinit acts as a system manager and
+shuts down or reboots the system on request (including on receipt of
+certain signals). This is currently fully supported only on Linux. See
+\fBRUNNING AS SYSTEM MANAGER / PRIMARY INIT\fR.
 
 Dinit reads service descriptions from files located in a service
 description directory, normally one of \fI/etc/dinit.d\fR,
@@ -104,7 +108,8 @@ Process-based services are monitored and, if the process terminates, the
 service may be stopped or the process may be re-started, according to the
 configuration in the service description.  
 
-Once all services stop, the \fBdinit\fR daemon will itself terminate.
+Once all services stop, the \fBdinit\fR daemon will itself terminate (or, if
+running as PID 1, will perform the appropriate type of system shutdown).
 .\"
 .SS CHARACTER SET HANDLING
 .\"