On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 10:58:50AM +0200, Martin Godisch wrote:
> --- debian-policy-3.6.1.0.orig/policy.sgml 2003-08-19 14:32:23.000000000
> +0200
> +++ debian-policy-3.6.1.0/policy.sgml 2003-09-01 10:52:12.000000000 +0200
> @@ -5362,13 +5362,16 @@
> <tag><tt>force-reload</tt></tag>
> <item>cause the configuration to be reloaded if the
> service supports this, otherwise restart the
> - service.</item>
> + service,</item>
> +
> + <tag><tt>status</tt></tag>
> + <item>print the current status of the service.</item>
> </taglist>
I'd like to see a standard message format in section 9.4 ("Console
messages from init.d scripts"). It's probably appropriate to let init
scripts provide more detail if it's useful in particular cases, but
something like:
Checking status of printer spooler: running.
Checking status of OpenBSD Secure Shell server: stopped.
... as the first line of the output would be kind of nice.
--
Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
