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T312461)

Description of problem:
If for some reason dovecot daemon dies (for ex. is killed) the 
service can not be restarted by simply issuing 
service dovecot start
or
service dovecot restart

This behaviour is due to /etc/init.d/dovecot script, that checks the 
presence of the lock subsystem file. If present, the script does not 
restart the service, so I have to manually delete the lock file 
( /var/lock/subsys/dovecot )
I suggest to the maintainer of the package to apply the following 
patch that simply eliminates this check:

--- dovecot.bak 2003-09-23 18:05:20.000000000 +0200
+++ dovecot     2004-02-13 18:29:59.000000000 +0100
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@
 
 start() {
        # Check if dovecot is already running
-       if [ ! -f /var/lock/subsys/dovecot ]; then
            echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
            daemon /usr/sbin/dovecot
            RETVAL=$?
            [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/dovecot
            echo
-       fi
 }
 
 stop() {


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
dovecot-0.99.10-6

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.service dovecot start
2.killall dovecot
3.service dovecot start
The dovecot service is not restarted
    

Additional info: