Re: Bug#370471: use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in prerm scripts
Bill Allombert <allomber@math.u-bordeaux.fr> wrote:
> 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.
Does anybody have an idea how the description of restart could be worded
better to make #224937 a violation of a must-clause? It's annoying when
maintainers insist on a clearly not-intended interpretation of policy.
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster
Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer (teTeX)
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