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 +1,13 @@
+apache2 (2.2.8-1ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/apache2.2-common.apache2.init:
+    - LSB requires "status" section in init scripts, (LP: #201287)
+    - Fix spurious script exits (mentioned in the comment just above change)
+    - Fix echo's with LSB-preferred log_*_msg
+    - Fix exit code per LSB spec
+
+ -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:24:42 -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
@@ -26,15 +26,16 @@
 HTCACHECLEAN_OPTIONS=""
 
 set -e
+
+. /lib/lsb/init-functions
+
 if [ -x /usr/sbin/apache2 ] ; then
 	HAVE_APACHE2=1
 else
-	echo "No apache MPM package installed"
-	exit 0
+	log_failure_msg "No apache MPM package installed"
+	exit 6
 fi
 
-. /lib/lsb/init-functions
-
 test -f /etc/default/rcS && . /etc/default/rcS
 test -f /etc/default/apache2 && . /etc/default/apache2
 
@@ -65,11 +66,12 @@
 pidof_apache() {
     # if pidof is null for some reasons the script exits automagically
     # classified as good/unknown feature
-    PIDS=`pidof apache2` || true
+    # the "|| true" inside of the shell call seems to help
+    PIDS=`pidof apache2 || true`
 
     PFILE=`. /etc/apache2/envvars ; echo $APACHE_PID_FILE`
     if [ -z "$PFILE" ] ; then
-    	echo ERROR: APACHE_PID_FILE needs to be defined in /etc/apache2/envvars >&2
+    	log_failure_msg "ERROR: APACHE_PID_FILE needs to be defined in /etc/apache2/envvars"
 	exit 2
     fi
 
@@ -148,7 +150,7 @@
 		if ! $APACHE2CTL configtest > /dev/null 2>&1; then
                     $APACHE2CTL configtest || true
                     log_end_msg 1
-                    exit 1
+                    exit 6
                 fi
                 log_daemon_msg "Reloading web server config" "apache2"
 		if pidof_apache > /dev/null ; then
@@ -191,7 +193,16 @@
 			log_end_msg 0
 	;;
+	status)
+		if pidof_apache >/dev/null; 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}"
-		exit 1
+		log_success_msg "Usage: /etc/init.d/apache2 {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload|start-htcacheclean|stop-htcacheclean|status}"
+		exit 3
 	;;
 esac