Bug 616852

Summary: Wrong exit status code in initscript
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Michal Fabry <mfabry>
Component: systemtapAssignee: Frank Ch. Eigler <fche>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: qe-baseos-tools-bugs
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Version: 6.1CC: dkovalsk, mjw, ohudlick, syeghiay
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Description Michal Fabry 2010-07-21 14:33:47 UTC 
Problem with exit status code when restarting stopped service:

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# service systemtap status
one is stopped
# service systemtap restart

Starting systemtap: [WARNING]
# echo $?
5
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According to [1] there should be exit code 7 (program is not running) and not 5 (program is not installed).


[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FCNewInit/Initscripts
Comment 2 Michal Fabry 2010-07-21 14:50:05 UTC 
I also overlooked wrong exit code when someone with insufficient rights is trying to restart service. It should return 4 (user had insufficient privilege) and not 1.
Comment 3 RHEL Program Management 2010-07-21 14:58:10 UTC 
This issue has been proposed when we are only considering blocker
issues in the current Red Hat Enterprise Linux release.

** If you would still like this issue considered for the current
release, ask your support representative to file as a blocker on
your behalf. Otherwise ask that it be considered for the next
Red Hat Enterprise Linux release. **
Comment 6 Frank Ch. Eigler 2010-11-22 21:31:27 UTC 
These appear to be minor inconsistencies with standards that assume that some of the error conditions are easier to tell apart than it is for us in stap land.
Comment 7 RHEL Program Management 2010-11-22 21:35:02 UTC 
Development Management has reviewed and declined this request.  You may appeal
this decision by reopening this request.