Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.5.8.0
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Here a patch that clarify the behavior of /etc/init.d/foo restart.
This is taken straight out of
LSB 1.2 / Chapter 22. / System Initialization / Init Script Actions
--- policy.sgml 2002-11-15 07:49:40.000000000 +0100
+++ policy.sgml.new 2002-12-11 13:26:53.000000000 +0100
@@ -4575,7 +4575,7 @@
<item><p>stop the service,</p></item>
<tag><tt>restart</tt></tag>
- <item><p>stop and restart the service,</p></item>
+ <item><p>stop and restart the service if the service is already
running, otherwise start the service,</p></item>
<tag><tt>reload</tt></tag>
<item><p>cause the configuration of the service to be
Whether is it a policy proposal or a clarification of the existant policy
is beyond me to decide. However this is needed for LSB compliance.
Cheers,
Bill.
-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux yellowpig 2.2.19 #1 Tue Apr 24 20:02:21 CEST 2001 i686
Locale: LANG=french, LC_CTYPE=french
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