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Title:
  status_of_proc is returning incorrect error code

Status in “lsb” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “lsb” source package in Lucid:
  Fix Released
Status in “lsb” source package in Natty:
  Won't Fix
Status in “lsb” source package in Oneiric:
  Won't Fix
Status in “lsb” source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in “lsb” source package in Quantal:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: lsb

  [Impact]
  When status_of_proc is called with -p $PIDFILE and the service is not presently started, error code 4 is always returned because the process does not have the PID file existant until it is started, and it's deleted after stopping.

  This fails LSB compliance because it should report 0 if the service is
  stopped as expected.

  [Test Case]
  status_of_proc should /optionally/ check if a pid file exists or not, not make it mandatory to exist before throwing an error code. If pid file does exist, check it, verify it's associated with $DAEMON, and if not try to determine if the process is actually running under a different pid, if not, then return error code 0 because it is determined that it is /not/ running.

  Error code 4 in LSB is reserved for total permanent failure that
  requires manual intervention to correct. Such as, the process daemon
  isn't executable due to permissions, or it tried to start but fails..
  error code 4 is likely never used on checking status is very basic.
  Either it's running, or it's not. That's all status_of_proc should
  report, nothing more, nothing less.

  [Regression]
  Minimal, changes the behavior of checking against a pid file existance.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: lsb-base 4.0-0ubuntu8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-26.48-server 2.6.32.24+drm33.11
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-26-server x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Dec  1 08:27:21 2010
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.2)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: lsb

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