[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#502195: invoke-rc.d with action [force-]reload doesn't obey runlevel constraints

[Paolo Miotto]

Package: sysv-rc
Version: 2.86.ds1-38+etchnhalf.1

I have disabled the automatic start of a service (apache2) in all  
runlevels by  configuring it  as stopped (as suggested in the manpage  
of update-rc.d).

If I call

# invoke-rc.d apache2 [start|restart]

the service is not started, but if I call

# invoke-rc.d apache2 force-reload

(as the libapache2-mod-php5 does) the service is started if not  
runnin, or restarted if running, as force-reload is an alternate name  
for restart.

If I run

# invoke-rc.d apache2 reload

the init script is executed, and returns with an error if the service  
is not running.

I think that actions like reload or force-reload must work like start  
and restarting, doing nothing if the service is disabled in current  
runlevel.

I propose to change line 354 of /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d from
   start|restart)
to
   start|restart|reload|force-reload)

if this not hurt something (obscure to me).


Regards.

         Paolo Miotto

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