On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 03:36:30PM +0300, Lars Wirzenius wrote:
> Package: debian-policy
> Version: 3.7.2.0
>
> The policy manual says (9.3.2 Writing the scripts):
>
> The init.d scripts should ensure that they will behave sensibly
> if invoked with start when the service is already running, or
> with stop when it isn't, and that they don't kill
> unfortunately-named user processes.
>
> Would it be acceptable to change this to say "must ensure"?
I would second that. There a whole lot of s/should/must/ I would second
in that section. To start with, this one:
The `start', `stop', `restart', and `force-reload' options should be
^^^^^^
supported by all scripts in `/etc/init.d', the `reload' option is
optional.
Cheers,
--
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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