Orchid XP v2 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> >   SIGKILL should basically never be used because it's "too strong", only
> > when no other options work.

> Isn't that the one the kernel sends during shutdown?

  Well, during shutdown the kernel first sends SIGTERM to all running
processes, after which it sends SIGKILL to the remaining. I suppose in
most cases there aren't any processes running after the former (at least
if all processes are bug-free and behave correctly) but it's a good way
to make sure that all processes are truely terminated before shutdown.

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                                                          - Warp

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