On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 13:06 -0400, Mike Meyer wrote: > On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:58:39 +0100 Tom Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 08:00 -0400, Mike Meyer wrote: > > > > > > stop If the service is to be started as specified by > > > rc.conf(5), stop the service. This should check that > > > the > > > service is running and complain if it is not. If > > > forcestop is given, ignore the rc.conf(5) check and > > > attempt to stop. > > > > > Why should it complain? > > Because somebody quoted it out of context to justify a completely > bogus assumption about what was and wasn't a bug. > > The bug in question is that the man page should note that > force(start|stop|restart) should ignore any precmd problems as well as > the setting in rc.conf, as that is what the tools provided by rc.subr > do. > > <mike
So the reason is 'Because'? Currently if you attempt to stop a service that is not started, there is no error and no warning. I would like to know why you propose to change that. Please don't jump down my throat. Tom
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