Seems like the 'service' command should be smarter, and map to the "sysvinit" way in the same way that invoke-rc.d does for packages. restart is usually expected to start the service if it isn't started, but by passing directly through to upstart's restart, we are breaking that assumption, leading to all sorts of problems for people.
** Changed in: sysvinit (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged ** Changed in: sysvinit (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/440179 Title: service fails to start/stop/restart networking daemon To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sysvinit/+bug/440179/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs