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Verified it as developer's comment: To verify this it should be sufficient to run the usual regression test suite and ensure that service stop and restart functions as these are done very frequently during the normal running of the tests. Run autofs regression and no unexpected failure occurs on: autofs regression on package autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.169.el5: i386: https://beaker.engineering.redhat.com/jo bs/278324 x86_64: https://beaker.engineering.redhat.com/jo bs/277657 ia64: https://beaker.engineering.redhat.com/jo bs/280707 ppc64: https://beaker.engineering.redhat.com/jo bs/277660; for failed case, re-submit https://beaker.engineering.redhat.com/jo bs/281128 s390x: https://beaker.engineering.redhat.com/jo bs/277659 autofs regression on autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.176.el5: i386: https://beaker.engineering.redhat.com/jobs/312993 x86_64: https://beaker.engineering.redhat.com/jobs/312994 ppc64: https://beaker.engineering.redhat.com/jobs/312995, https://beaker.engineering.redhat.com/jobs/313660 ia64: https://beaker.engineering.redhat.com/jobs/312997, https://beaker.engineering.redhat.com/jobs/313657 s390x: https://beaker.engineering.redhat.com/jobs/313652
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0132.html