9.4 & Restarting Multiple Daemons

[ms419@freezone.co.uk]

Requesting clarification of section 9.4: Console messages from init.d 
scripts.

I'm writing an init.d script & am glad of having policy for a 
consistent startup & shutdown. I appreciate it's detail & examples, but 
am stuck concerning restarting multiple daemons. The policy seems 
ambiguous.

A sensible example of starting multiple daemons is provided: Print " 
daemon-name"; start daemon; print "." when all done. By extension to 
restart, one might: Print " daemon-name"; restart daemon; print "." 
when all done.

However, it may not be possible restart daemons one at a time: A 
configuration change may prevent the first daemon from restarting while 
subsequent daemons are still using the old configuration. All daemons 
might need to be stopped before the first is started.

In this case, to best represent what the script is doing, & according 
to policy for a consistent startup & shutdown, when should " 
daemon-name" be printed? Before each daemon is stopped? Before each is 
started? Or both?

Thank you for the Debian policy, & the goodness of Debian : )

Jack