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Date:      Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:19:05 +0100
From:      Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com>
To:        Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df@mired.org>, Jonathan McKeown <jonathan+freebsd-hackers@hst.org.za>
Subject:   Re: If not the force, what should I use?
Message-ID:  <1218701945.70002.31.camel@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <20080813130612.67542bd5@mbook.local>
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On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 13:06 -0400, Mike Meyer wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:58:39 +0100 Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> w=
rote:
>=20
> > On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 08:00 -0400, Mike Meyer wrote:
> > >=20
> > >            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 a=
nd
> > >                     attempt to stop.
> > >=20
> > Why should it complain?
>=20
> Because somebody quoted it out of context to justify a completely
> bogus assumption about what was and wasn't a bug.
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> 	 <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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