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Bug 242723

Summary: Wrong init script
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: Michal Marciniszyn <mmarcini>
Component: device-mapper-multipathAssignee: Ben Marzinski <bmarzins>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Corey Marthaler <cmarthal>
Severity: low Docs Contact:
Priority: low    
Version: 5.0CC: agk, bmarzins, christophe.varoqui, dwysocha, egoggin, junichi.nomura, kueda, lmb, mbroz, prockai, tranlan, tvujec
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: RHEA-2007-0531 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2007-11-07 16:47:32 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Blocks: 237789, 242724    

Description Michal Marciniszyn 2007-06-05 14:59:51 UTC 
Description of problem:
The multipathd init script contains several wrong error code return commands.
Some of them also prevent the status command invocation, namely:
test -x $DAEMON || exit 0

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

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual results:


Expected results:


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 1 RHEL Program Management 2007-06-05 15:04:11 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.
Comment 2 Ben Marzinski 2007-06-18 21:13:58 UTC 
multipathd now uses the standard return codes, and doesn't exit before the
status check.
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2007-11-07 16:47:32 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 the 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/RHEA-2007-0531.html