Bug 238026

Summary: Wrong init script
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: Michal Marciniszyn <mmarcini>
Component: eximAssignee: Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
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Version: 5.0CC: dkovalsk, ksrot, rvokal, tvujec
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Bug Blocks: 237789, 238027, 238028    

Description Michal Marciniszyn 2007-04-26 15:58:10 UTC
Description of problem:
The exim init script may end with error code 0 even when the service is not
started/running. Also there is minor bug with wrong return code of unimplemented
feature of the script (1 instead of 3).

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
all

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. service network stop
2. service exim start/status
3. echo $?
  
Actual results:
0

Expected results:
non-zero error code/status of the service

Additional info:
When fixing this bug, please obbey our init script guidelines and be sure that
status command is run correctly.
Our guidelines are on following two pages:
http://intranet.corp.redhat.com/ic/intranet/InitscriptsSpec.html
http://intranet.corp.redhat.com/ic/intranet/InitscriptGuidelines.html

For an example of the script that returns the error codes correctly and always
runs status see:
http://devserv.devel.redhat.com/~mmarcini/amd

This bug is tracked by 237789.

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2009-12-02 12:15:13 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2009-1627.html