diff -u smartmontools-5.38/debian/control smartmontools-5.38/debian/control
--- smartmontools-5.38/debian/control
+++ smartmontools-5.38/debian/control
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 Package: smartmontools
 Architecture: any
 Conflicts: smartsuite, ucsc-smartsuite
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, debianutils (>= 2.2), lsb-base (>= 3.0-10)
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, debianutils (>= 2.2), lsb-base (>= 3.2-14)
 Recommends: mailx | mailutils
 Description: control and monitor storage systems using S.M.A.R.T.
  The smartmontools package contains two utility programs (smartctl and smartd)
diff -u smartmontools-5.38/debian/smartmontools.init smartmontools-5.38/debian/smartmontools.init
--- smartmontools-5.38/debian/smartmontools.init
+++ smartmontools-5.38/debian/smartmontools.init
@@ -95,8 +95,11 @@
 	    fi
 	fi
         ;;
+  status)
+	status_of_proc -p $SMARTDPID $SMARTD smartd && exit 0 || exit $?  
+	;;
   *)
-	echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/smartmontools {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}"
+	echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/smartmontools {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload|status}"
 	exit 1
 esac
 
diff -u smartmontools-5.38/debian/changelog smartmontools-5.38/debian/changelog
--- smartmontools-5.38/debian/changelog
+++ smartmontools-5.38/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+smartmontools (5.38-2ubuntu2) jaunty; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/control: Depend on lsb >= 3.2-14, which has the status_of_proc() function.
+  * debian/smartmontools.init: Add the 'status' action (LP: #300535).
+
+ -- Steven Danna <ssd7@pitt.edu>  Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:41:09 -0500
+
 smartmontools (5.38-2ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low
 
   * Merge from debian unstable, remaining changes: