--- ovs-ctl	2016-03-24 11:48:04.480452427 +0000
+++ /usr/share/openvswitch/scripts/ovs-ctl	2016-03-24 11:56:34.561404050 +0000
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@
 case $command in
     start)
         start_ovsdb || exit 1
-        start_forwarding 
+        start_forwarding || exit 1
         add_managers
         ;;
     stop)
--- ovs-lib	2016-03-24 11:39:00.551637676 +0000
+++ /usr/share/openvswitch/scripts/ovs-lib	2016-03-24 11:55:53.489645712 +0000
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
         ;;
         *)
             echo "`date -u`:$@" >> "${logdir}/ovs-ctl.log"
-            "${datadir}/scripts/ovs-ctl" "$@" 2>&1 | tee -a "${logdir}/ovs-ctl.log"
+            "${datadir}/scripts/ovs-ctl" "$@" 2>&1 
         ;;
     esac
 }
@@ -190,9 +190,11 @@
         set nice -n "$priority" "$@"
     fi
 
-    action "Starting $daemon" "$@"
-
-   echo $?
+    if ! action "Starting $daemon" "$@"
+    then
+        log_failure_msg "Start of $@ failed with $?"
+        return 1
+    fi
 
     if test X"$strace" != X; then
         # Strace doesn't have the -D option so we attach after the fact.