Re: Linux start script updates

"Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov> writes:
> Exactly.  With Fedora respecting the standard in this regard, I'm
> convinced we should, too.  In reviewing things based on Peter's
> question, I did start to have doubts about *not* special-casing
> "status" -- it has its own set of values and 5 is not assigned, so
> using it seems wrong.  It seems like it should be 3 ("program is not
> running").  Agreed?

Probably.  I think that in practice most scripts are not very tense
about this --- as long as the exit code is 0 or not-0 per spec, which
not-0 value is reported is not so exciting to most people.

			regards, tom lane