Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.5.9.0
Severity: normal

The init.d/bind example has a bug...


          restart)
            echo -n "Restarting domain name service: named"
            start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet  \
              --pidfile /var/run/named.pid --exec /usr/sbin/named
            start-stop-daemon --start --verbose --exec /usr/sbin/named \
                              -- $PARAMS
            echo "."

This is wrong, since if the service is not running,
start-stop-daemon --stop will fail and so service
will not be restarted. It should use --oknodo.

Cheers,
Bill.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux seventeen 2.4.20 #1 Wed Mar 5 16:16:52 CET 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=french, LC_CTYPE=french

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Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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