diff -u cron-3.0pl1/debian/control cron-3.0pl1/debian/control
--- cron-3.0pl1/debian/control
+++ cron-3.0pl1/debian/control
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 Package: cron
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, debianutils (>=1.7), adduser, lsb-base (>= 3.0-10)
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, debianutils (>=1.7), adduser, lsb-base (>= 3.2-12ubuntu1)
 Recommends: exim4 | postfix | mail-transport-agent
 Suggests: anacron (>=2.0-1), logrotate, lockfile-progs, checksecurity
 Conflicts: suidmanager (<< 0.50), lockfile-progs (<< 0.1.7)
diff -u cron-3.0pl1/debian/changelog cron-3.0pl1/debian/changelog
--- cron-3.0pl1/debian/changelog
+++ cron-3.0pl1/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+cron (3.0pl1-104+ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/control: Depend on lsb >= 3.2-12ubuntu1, which has the
+    status_of_proc() function.
+  * debian/cron.init: Add the 'status' action (LP: #203169).
+
+ -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:16:22 -0500
+
 cron (3.0pl1-104+ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low
 
   * pathnames.h: Use the Debian sensible-editor (LP: #222830).
diff -u cron-3.0pl1/debian/cron.init cron-3.0pl1/debian/cron.init
--- cron-3.0pl1/debian/cron.init
+++ cron-3.0pl1/debian/cron.init
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@
 	# cron reloads automatically
         log_end_msg 0
         ;;
-*)	log_action_msg "Usage: /etc/init.d/cron {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}"
+status)
+	status_of_proc /usr/sbin/cron cron
+	exit $?
+	;;
+*)	log_action_msg "Usage: /etc/init.d/cron {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload|status}"
         exit 2
         ;;
 esac