Signed-off-by: nfagerlund <[email protected]>
---
lib/puppet/type/service.rb | 14 ++++++++++----
1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/service.rb b/lib/puppet/type/service.rb
index c00f027..82affb6 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/service.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/service.rb
@@ -144,10 +144,16 @@ module Puppet
specified."
end
newparam(:status) do
- desc "Specify a *status* command manually. If left
- unspecified, the status method will be determined
- automatically, usually by looking for the service in the
- process table."
+ desc "Specify a *status* command manually. This command must
+ return 0 if the service is running and a nonzero value otherwise.
+ Ideally, these return codes should conform to
+ [the LSB's specification for init script status
actions](http://refspecs.freestandards.org/LSB_3.1.1/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/iniscrptact.html),
+ but puppet only considers the difference between 0 and nonzero
+ to be relevant.
+
+ If left unspecified, the status method will be determined
+ automatically, usually by looking for the service in the process
+ table."
end
newparam(:stop) do
--
1.7.3.3
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