Package: lsb-base
Version: 4.1+Debian0
Severity: normal
Somewhere between versions 3.2+Debian31 and 4.1+Debian0, the exit
status of the killproc function (/lib/lsb/init-functions) was changed
to return 3 when the program is not running. This is only correct
when a signal was specified; see
<http://refspecs.linuxbase.org/LSB_4.1.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/iniscrptfunc.html>:
If called without a signal, it shall return 0 if the program has
been stopped or is not running and not 0 otherwise. If a signal is
given, it shall return 0 only if the program is running.
This breaks init scripts that rely on this behavior; see for example
bug #667623.
Simple test:
sudo bash
. /lib/lsb/init-functions
killproc /usr/bin/nonexistent
echo $?
should print 0. It now prints 3.
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