Comment 14 for bug 552786

The following patch to service fixes it for precise. This may not be the most graceful, but this bug is really annoying. Could we get something pushed through?

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< start|stop|status|reload)
---
> status)
> # Make sure status only succeeds in the started case
> result=`${ACTION} ${SERVICE} ${OPTIONS}`
> echo $result
> echo "$result" | grep -q "start/waiting"
> exit $?
> ;;
> start|stop|reload)