[systemd-devel] Q: shutdown messages and the lack of such

[fox]

> I wonder: Shouldn't here be an infiormational message at least when
> the shutdown command is entered, and at least a notice message when
> the actual shutdown time has arrived?
> If you review syslog laternot at all obvious what had happened.


        shutdown [OPTIONS...] [TIME] [WALL...]

Note that to specify a wall message you must specify a time argument, 
too.
--no-wall #  Do not send wall message before halt, power-off, reboot.

so, "shutdown now" # has an implicit   --no-wall

seems it acts according to specs.