Re: init script exit status

[Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>]

On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 12:43:45PM +0200, Thorsten Kukuk wrote:
> here was a internal discussion about the return code of a initscript,
> if you call it with the stop parameter, but the program is not
> running.
> 
> In the first part of Chapter 18. System Initialization/Init Script Actions
> we write, that running "stop" on a service already stopped or not running
> is to be considered successful. But later we introduce the error code 7
> for program is not running.
> 
> Should "stop" know return with exit code "0" or "7" if the program
> is not running ?

Oops, that was an oversight.  I believe in the discussion we agreed
that running stop on a service that was already stopped shouldn't be
considered an error; hence we added the above-mentioned text.
However, we failed to remove error code 7 for "program is not
running" when we did that edit, leading to this inconsistency.

So error code 7 should be removed from sysinit/initactions.sgml.

Stuart, George: is it OK to make typographical changes and check them
into CVS at this point for LSB 1.0.1?

						- Ted