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You have not included any package version information in your report. Looking at /etc/init.d/memcached supplied by 1.4.14-0ubuntu1, it looks to me that support for stopping multiple instances is already included. I haven't looked closely, but it isn't clear to me whether you are looking at an older version of the package, or are referring to the bug in the latest version that I'm looking at. Please run: apport-collect 1177398 on your affected machine to automatically attach all relevant versioning information to this bug. Once done, please change the bug status back to New. ** Changed in: memcached (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1177398 Title: init-script status method doesn't handle instances correctly To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/memcached/+bug/1177398/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs