On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 07:56, Bill Allombert wrote: > 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 Seconded.
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