diff -ruN lsb-3.1.orig/debian/changelog lsb-3.1/debian/changelog
--- lsb-3.1.orig/debian/changelog	2008-01-24 00:46:49.000000000 +0900
+++ lsb-3.1/debian/changelog	2008-03-13 19:36:06.000000000 +0900
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+lsb (3.1-24ubuntu3) hardy; urgency=low
+
+  * init-functions: Added support function for LSB status compliance 
+    (LP: #203169), coded with Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>
+
+ -- Onno Benschop <onno@itmaze.com.au>  Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:30:54 +0900
+
 lsb (3.1-24ubuntu2) hardy; urgency=low
 
   * lsb-cxx: Drop dependency on libstdc++5, not needed by LSB-3.1.
diff -ruN lsb-3.1.orig/init-functions lsb-3.1/init-functions
--- lsb-3.1.orig/init-functions	2007-10-05 04:15:15.000000000 +0800
+++ lsb-3.1/init-functions	2008-03-13 19:30:42.000000000 +0900
@@ -132,6 +132,21 @@
     return 0
 }
 
+# Return LSB status
+status_of_proc () {
+    local daemon name status
+    daemon="$1"
+    name="$2"
+    pidofproc $daemon >/dev/null
+    status=$?
+    if [ $status -eq 0 ]; then
+        log_success_msg "$name is running."
+    else
+        log_failure_msg "$name is not running."
+    fi
+    return $status
+}
+
 log_use_fancy_output () {
     TPUT=/usr/bin/tput
     EXPR=/usr/bin/expr