diff -u asterisk-1.4.21.2~dfsg/debian/control asterisk-1.4.21.2~dfsg/debian/control
--- asterisk-1.4.21.2~dfsg/debian/control
+++ asterisk-1.4.21.2~dfsg/debian/control
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 Package: asterisk
 Architecture: any
 Section: comm
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, asterisk-config (= ${source:Version}) | asterisk-config-custom, adduser, asterisk-sounds-main
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, asterisk-config (= ${source:Version}) | asterisk-config-custom, adduser, asterisk-sounds-main, lsb-base (>= 3.2-14)
 Conflicts: asterisk-classic, asterisk-bristuff, asterisk-chan-capi (<< 1.1.1-1~)
 Replaces: asterisk-classic, asterisk-bristuff
 Provides: asterisk-1.4
diff -u asterisk-1.4.21.2~dfsg/debian/changelog asterisk-1.4.21.2~dfsg/debian/changelog
--- asterisk-1.4.21.2~dfsg/debian/changelog
+++ asterisk-1.4.21.2~dfsg/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+asterisk (1:1.4.21.2~dfsg-1ubuntu3) intrepid; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/asterisk.init: Fix status action so that it returns the
+    LSB-compliant return codes (LP: #248947)
+  * debian/control: added lsb-base dependency for using status_of_proc
+
+ -- Thierry Carrez <thierry.carrez@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:21:59 +0200
+
 asterisk (1:1.4.21.2~dfsg-1ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low
 
   * Switch to libc-client2007b-dev build-dependency.
diff -u asterisk-1.4.21.2~dfsg/debian/asterisk.init asterisk-1.4.21.2~dfsg/debian/asterisk.init
--- asterisk-1.4.21.2~dfsg/debian/asterisk.init
+++ asterisk-1.4.21.2~dfsg/debian/asterisk.init
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
 UMASK=007 # by default
 #MAXFILES=1024 # (the system default)
 
+. /lib/lsb/init-functions
+
 # by default: use real-time priority
 PARAMS=""
 CHDIR_PARM=""
@@ -126,14 +128,7 @@
 fi
 
 status() {
-	plist=`ps ax | awk "{ if (\\$5 == \"$DAEMON\") print \\$1 }"`
-	if [ "$plist" = "" ]; then
-		echo "$DESC is stopped"
-		return 1
-	else
-		echo "$DESC is running: $plist"
-		return 0
-	fi
+	status_of_proc "$DAEMON" "$DESC" && return 0 || return $?
 }
 
 asterisk_rx() {