Bug#181123: [PATCH 1/2] Document optional try-restart init script action
Add the try-restart action similar to how LSB describes it.
Many init scripts in Debian still does not support this action
but fortunately even LSB just documents it as optional.
Fwiw, systemctl also supports try-restart action in the same fashion.
---
policy.sgml | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index cb51a43..2fa250f 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -7538,6 +7538,10 @@ rmdir /usr/local/share/emacs 2>/dev/null || true
<item>stop and restart the service if it's already running,
otherwise start the service</item>
+ <tag><tt>try-restart</tt></tag>
+ <item>restart the service if it's already running,
+ otherwise just report success.</item>
+
<tag><tt>reload</tt></tag>
<item><p>cause the configuration of the service to be
reloaded without actually stopping and restarting
@@ -7552,7 +7556,7 @@ rmdir /usr/local/share/emacs 2>/dev/null || true
The <tt>start</tt>, <tt>stop</tt>, <tt>restart</tt>, and
<tt>force-reload</tt> options should be supported by all
scripts in <file>/etc/init.d</file>, the <tt>reload</tt>
- option is optional.
+ and <tt>try-restart</tt> options are optional.
</p>
<p>
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2.11.0
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