diff -u apache2-2.2.8/debian/control apache2-2.2.8/debian/control
--- apache2-2.2.8/debian/control
+++ apache2-2.2.8/debian/control
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 Source: apache2
 Section: web
 Priority: optional
-Maintainer: Debian Apache Maintainers <debian-apache@lists.debian.org>
+Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
+XSBC-Original-Maintainer: Debian Apache Maintainers <debian-apache@lists.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@debian.org>, Thom May <thom@debian.org>, Fabio M. Di Nitto <fabbione@fabbione.net>, Adam Conrad <adconrad@0c3.net>, Peter Samuelson <peter@p12n.org>, Stefan Fritsch <sf@debian.org>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>=4.1.16), dpatch, lsb-release, libaprutil1-dev, libapr1-dev (>= 1.2.7-6), openssl, libpcre3-dev, libtool, mawk, zlib1g-dev, libssl-dev, sharutils
 Standards-Version: 3.7.3.0
diff -u apache2-2.2.8/debian/changelog apache2-2.2.8/debian/changelog
--- apache2-2.2.8/debian/changelog
+++ apache2-2.2.8/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+apache2 (2.2.8-1ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/apache2.2-common.apache2.init: LSB requires "status" section in
+    init scripts, (LP: #201287)
+
+ -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:02:03 -0500
+
 apache2 (2.2.8-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream version:
diff -u apache2-2.2.8/debian/apache2.2-common.apache2.init apache2-2.2.8/debian/apache2.2-common.apache2.init
--- apache2-2.2.8/debian/apache2.2-common.apache2.init
+++ apache2-2.2.8/debian/apache2.2-common.apache2.init
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@
 pidof_apache() {
     # if pidof is null for some reasons the script exits automagically
     # classified as good/unknown feature
-    PIDS=`pidof apache2` || true
+    # the innermost "|| true" seems to help
+    PIDS=`pidof apache2 || true` || true
 
     PFILE=`. /etc/apache2/envvars ; echo $APACHE_PID_FILE`
     if [ -z "$PFILE" ] ; then
@@ -190,8 +191,17 @@
 			stop_htcacheclean
 			log_end_msg 0
 	;;
+	status)
+		if pidof_apache ; then
+			log_success_msg "Apache is running."
+			exit 0
+		else
+			log_failure_msg "Apache is not running."
+                        exit 1
+		fi
+		;;
 	*)
-		log_success_msg "Usage: /etc/init.d/apache2 {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload|start-htcacheclean|stop-htcacheclean}"
+		log_success_msg "Usage: /etc/init.d/apache2 {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload|start-htcacheclean|stop-htcacheclean|status}"
 		exit 1
 	;;
 esac