Package: gpm
Version: 1.20.4-3.2
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Here is a patch to support the "status" action in the init.d script.
diff -u gpm-1.20.4/debian/gpm.init gpm-1.20.4/debian/gpm.init
--- gpm-1.20.4/debian/gpm.init
+++ gpm-1.20.4/debian/gpm.init
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
. /lib/lsb/init-functions
-if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]
+if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ] && [ "$1" != status ]
then
log_failure_msg "You must be root to start, stop or restart gpm."
exit 1
@@ -93,8 +93,11 @@
gpm_stop && sleep 3
gpm_start || exit 1
;;
+ status)
+ status_of_proc $GPM gpm && exit 0 || exit $?
+ ;;
*)
- echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/gpm {start|stop|restart|force-reload|strace}"
+ echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/gpm {start|stop|restart|force-reload|strace|status}"
exit 1
esac
diff -u gpm-1.20.4/debian/control gpm-1.20.4/debian/control
--- gpm-1.20.4/debian/control
+++ gpm-1.20.4/debian/control
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
Priority: optional
Section: misc
Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, debianutils (>= 1.7), ucf (>= 0.28), lsb-base
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, debianutils (>= 1.7), ucf (>= 0.28), lsb-base (>= 3.2-13)
Conflicts: libgpmg1
Description: General Purpose Mouse interface
This package provides a daemon that captures mouse events when the system
