diff -u exim4-4.69/debian/exim4-base.exim4.init exim4-4.69/debian/exim4-base.exim4.init
--- exim4-4.69/debian/exim4-base.exim4.init
+++ exim4-4.69/debian/exim4-base.exim4.init
@@ -139,13 +139,16 @@
 {
   case ${QUEUERUNNER} in
     combined|no|ppp)
-      killproc -p "$PIDFILE" "$DAEMON" -HUP
+      /sbin/start-stop-daemon --stop --signal HUP \
+	  --pidfile "$PIDFILE" --quiet "$DAEMON"
       log_progress_msg "exim4"
       ;;
     separate)
-      killproc -p "$PIDFILE" "$DAEMON" -HUP
+      /sbin/start-stop-daemon --stop --signal HUP \
+          --pidfile "$PIDFILE" --quiet "$DAEMON"
       log_progress_msg "exim4_listener"
-      killproc -p "$QRPIDFILE" "$DAEMON" -HUP
+      /sbin/start-stop-daemon --stop --signal HUP \
+          --pidfile "$QRPIDFILE" --quiet "$DAEMON"
       log_progress_msg "exim4_queuerunner"
       ;;
   esac
diff -u exim4-4.69/debian/changelog exim4-4.69/debian/changelog
--- exim4-4.69/debian/changelog
+++ exim4-4.69/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+exim4 (4.69-2ubuntu0.1) hardy-proposed; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/exim4-base.exim4.init: Fix 'reload' action so that it
+    doesn't just stop the daemon (LP: #252686)
+
+ -- Paul Elliott <omahns.home@gmail.com>  Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:03:05 +0100
+
 exim4 (4.69-2) unstable; urgency=low
 
   [ Marc Haber ]