Bug 4385

Summary:	status function from initscripts returns wrong answers
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	michal
Component:	initscripts	Assignee:	David Lawrence <dkl>
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Description michal 1999-08-06 00:51:18 UTC

There is a bug in status() from /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
with such long standing that it probably aquired already
a position of a "feature". Status querries from various
scripts which use this function always return "running"
with ridiculous process id's.  This is a result of an
incorrect filtering when looking for pid with a help
of 'ps auxww'.

A trivial patch is mailed separately to avoid mangling by
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Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 1999-08-06 14:04:59 UTC

fixed (albeit differently) in the latest initscripts in Raw hide.