diff -u freeradius-1.1.7/debian/changelog freeradius-1.1.7/debian/changelog
--- freeradius-1.1.7/debian/changelog
+++ freeradius-1.1.7/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+freeradius (1.1.7-1ubuntu0.1) hardy-proposed; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/freeradius.init: Fix 'reload' action so that it doesn't just
+    stop the daemon (LP: #252686)
+
+ -- Thierry Carrez <thierry.carrez@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:54:39 +0000
+
 freeradius (1.1.7-1build4) hardy; urgency=low
 
   * Update maintainer.
diff -u freeradius-1.1.7/debian/freeradius.init freeradius-1.1.7/debian/freeradius.init
--- freeradius-1.1.7/debian/freeradius.init
+++ freeradius-1.1.7/debian/freeradius.init
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@
                 ;;
         reload | force-reload) 
                 log_action_begin_msg "Reloading configuration files for $DESCR"
-		killproc -p "$PIDFILE" "$PROGRAM" -HUP
+                /sbin/start-stop-daemon --stop --signal HUP \
+                  --pidfile "$PIDFILE" --quiet "$PROGRAM"
                 ;;
         *)
                 echo "Usage: $0 start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload"