Comment 8 for bug 552786

On Tue, 2010-04-13 at 17:44 +0000, Andrew Pollock wrote:

> It probably makes sense to be consistent with
> http://refspecs.freestandards.org/LSB_3.1.1/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-
> generic/iniscrptact.html, doesn't it?
>
No, there's no reason for Upstart to be consistent with the LSB if it
doesn't make sense -- I assume that LSB future will mandate Upstart,
after all.

For example, given the above return codes:

0 program is running or service is OK

   this one makes sense for Upstart

1 program is dead and /var/run pid file exists
2 program is dead and /var/lock lock file exists

   these make no sense for Upstart

3 program is not running

    "not running" is too vague; what about "is starting", "is being
    stopped" or "will be restarted" ?

4 program or service status is unknown

    service status can *never* be unknown with Upstart

Scott
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