On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 06:17:03PM -0800, Ivan Kohler wrote:
> Package: freeradius
> Version: 1.1.0-1
> Severity: normal

> "/etc/init.d/freeradius restart" doesn't start freeradius if it isn't already
> running.  "$0 stop" returns an unsucessful exit status and the script stops.

>   [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# /etc/init.d/freeradius restart
>   Stopping FreeRADIUS daemon: freeradius#
>   [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# 

> Policy 9.3.2 says that "restart" should start the service if it isn't already
> running.

> This also causes package configuration to fail if you're installing a new
> freeradius-mysql package and the old daemon isn't running:

True, but that suggests "restart" is the wrong argument to be using here,
doesn't it?  Since installation of freeradius-mysql shouldn't cause the
daemon to be started if it wasn't already running.

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