init script restart will start a service if not running (three seconds to the latest...

Author: joy
Date: 2003/02/15 16:15:51
init script restart will start a service if not running (three seconds to the latest bug, no objections)

git-archimport-id: srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.0--patch-177

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4d0be9e7957d0247065fe0cafdfb5cb81b74967a..19081d2e22a08a94bb533d529f781da7ee91fc26 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
     through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
     explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
     offtopic stuff, too.
+  * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
+    script should start it, closes: #60979.
 
  -- 
 

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index e9684c8251bebed6f0078e0f6cc79608fc4a91ba..e8eb2f1de30fc78fa1130498ab4da84378c56003 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -4634,7 +4634,8 @@ rmdir /usr/local/share/emacs 2>/dev/null || true
              <item><p>stop the service,</p></item>
 
              <tag><tt>restart</tt></tag>
-             <item><p>stop and restart the service,</p></item>
+             <item><p>stop and restart the service if it's already
+                 already running, otherwise start the service</p></item>
 
              <tag><tt>reload</tt></tag>
              <item><p>cause the configuration of the service to be

diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.html b/upgrading-checklist.html
index 23f8067a3c373b2d7da68d3bf43ceba7fb408eb1..aa56254de3364d0e156f3d24382aa64feceb0ce0 100644 (file)
--- a/upgrading-checklist.html
+++ b/upgrading-checklist.html
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ picking your way through this list.
      - Clarified that if a package has non-build-essential
        build-dependencies, it should have them listed in the Build-Depends
        and related fields (i.e. it's just optional). [2.4.2]
+     - When asked to restart a service that isn't already running,
+       the init script should start the service. [10.3.2]
 
 3.5.8.0                    Nov 02