Comment 71 for bug 616287

If one creates a python script like this:

#!/usr/bin/python

import signal
import time
import sys
import tempfile

def term_handler(signum, frame):
        time.sleep(15)
        sys.exit(0)

signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, term_handler)

t=tempfile.TemporaryFile(mode='w')

while time.sleep(3600):
        pass

And runs it with a job file like this (sudo start test after creating the file below)

# /etc/init/test.conf
stop on runlevel [016]

kill timeout 30

exec /path/to/test.py

With the current initscripts version, one will get orphaned inodes because the deleted tempfile was left open on reboot.

With the new version just uploaded (2.87dsf-4ubuntu25) the system should boot cleanly as the partially stopped process will have been killed off.