[sr-dev] git:master: proper LSB return values of init script

[Iñaki Baz Castillo]

2011/3/15 Klaus Darilion <klaus.mailinglists at pernau.at>:
> (this whole discussion is very theoretically)

> So, what if I start kamailio with init script. Then I configure RUN=NO and
> then I call "stop". Then it will report 0 although kamailio is still
> running.

And what about if I start kamailio with init script and then delete
the PID file. In this case all the init actions would fail.
Obviously we can suggest lot of exotic cases in which the whole
mechanism gets broken. IMHO we shouldn't cover such cases.


> Anyway, IMo if the service is not configured it should not report success.

Ok, then a better status code (for *any* init action) would be 4:

0	program is running or service is OK
1	program is dead and /var/run pid file exists
2	program is dead and /var/lock lock file exists
3	program is not running
4	program or service status is unknown
5-99	reserved for future LSB use
100-149	reserved for distribution use
150-199	reserved for application use
200-254	reserved

http://refspecs.freestandards.org/LSB_3.1.1/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/iniscrptact.html


Regards.



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Iñaki Baz Castillo
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