diff -u vblade-14/debian/vblade.init vblade-14/debian/vblade.init
--- vblade-14/debian/vblade.init
+++ vblade-14/debian/vblade.init
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@
    ALLOWMACS=""
    [ -n "$5" ] && ALLOWMACS="-m $5"
    ID="$1-e$2.$3"
+   mkdir -p /var/run/$prog
    PID_FILE=/var/run/$prog/${ID}.pid
    $prog $ALLOWMACS $2 $3 $1 $4 >> /var/log/$prog.log 2>&1 &
-   pid=$i
+   pid=$!
    echo $pid > $PID_FILE
    echo -n $"$4 (e$2.$3@$1) [pid $pid]"
    [ "$RETVAL" = 0 ] && log_end_msg 0 || log_end_msg 1
diff -u vblade-14/debian/changelog vblade-14/debian/changelog
--- vblade-14/debian/changelog
+++ vblade-14/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+vblade (14-1ubuntu1.1) hardy-proposed; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/vblade.init: init.d script fails to start because
+    pid file is not created properly. Thanks to J. Bruce Fields (LP: #223387) 
+  * Backported fix from vblade-15 for vblade discovery bug. Thanks to J. Bruce 
+    Fields (LP: #223440)
+
+ -- Chuck Short <zulcss@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:53:36 -0400
+
 vblade (14-1ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low
 
   * Added init script.
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- vblade-14.orig/aoe.c
+++ vblade-14/aoe.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
 			perror("read network");
 			exit(1);
 		}
-		if (n < 60)
+		if (n < sizeof(Aoehdr))
 			continue;
 		p = (Aoehdr *) buf;
 		if (ntohs(p->type) != 0x88a2)