severity 224937 important thanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank K�ster) wrote:
> Paul Slootman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> A "restart" does just that (stop and start); > > No, it doesn't. It does more. > [...] > What I expect from > any daemon when I call its init script with "restart" is the same as if > I call it with stop, have a coffee and call again it with start. This is > the case with any of the scripts I had a look at, but not with wwwoffle. > [...] > But: Policy says (in Section 9.3.2 Writing the scripts) > > ,---- > | restart > | stop and restart the service if it's already running, otherwise > | start the service > `---- I still think this is a policy violation. It does not violate a "must" clause, and therefore is not serious. But it is annoying, and as pointed out in my last mail to the bug, it does not serve any purpose. I really think this should be fixed together with #295060. Regards, Frank -- Frank K�ster Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Z�rich Debian Developer
