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Created attachment 357557 [details]
initscript which might comply with the LSB

I think the attached initscript should meet the LSB requirements, although I'm not too sure about the exit statuses, if someone could check those out.  I think they're pretty much handled by /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions, and I assume it knows what it's doing.  I suppose given that the script is a Source2 instead of part of the tarball or a cat << EOF in the spec, it's easier to just attach the whole script here, but in case it's wanted, the patch is small enough to reasonably fit in here; just remember to fix wrapped lines, should just be the usage at the end:

--- ddclient.initscript.orig	2007-03-03 01:36:48.000000000 -0700
+++ ddclient.initscript	2009-08-15 18:11:58.000000000 -0700
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides: ddclient
+# Required-Start: $syslog $local_fs $network
+# Should-Start: $named
+# Required-Stop: $syslog $local_fs $network
+# Default-Stop: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
+# Short-Description: shell script to start and stop ddclient.
+# Description:ddclient is a Perl client used to update dynamic DNS
+#	entries for accounts on many dynamic DNS services 
+### END INIT INFO
 #
 # ddclient      This shell script takes care of starting and stopping ddclient.
 #
@@ -52,28 +62,29 @@
 }
 
 reload() {
-    restart
-}
-
-force_reload() {
-    restart
+    echo -n $"Reloading $prog: "
+    # reload won't be called during update, so go ahead and use -p $pid
+    killproc -p $pid
+    retval=$?
+    echo
+    return $retval
 }
 
 # See how we were called.
 case "$1" in
-    start|stop|restart|reload)
+    start|stop|restart)
         $1
         ;;
-    force-reload)
-        force_reload
+    reload|force-reload)
+        reload
         ;;
     status)
         status -p $pid $prog
         ;;
     try-restart|condrestart)
-        [ ! -f $lockfile ] || restart
+        [ -f $lockfile ] && restart
         ;;
     *)
-        echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|try-restart|reload|force-reload}"
+        echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|try-restart|condrestart|reload|force-reload}"
         exit 2
 esac

Oh!  Besides the fact that it did wrap that second line after END INIT INFO after all, that space which is the second character of the second line of the Description: is supposed to be a tab, but two or more spaces would do just as well.  That's pretty much a must.

Created attachment 357558 [details]
Fixed up initscript

Grr... and I missed a space after the colon, and switched the punctuation around....  Might as well just use the updated attachment here, and consider the patch above a rough guide to what's been changed.

I'm trying to get this worked into the update from 3.7.3 to 3.8.0, over in Bug 551906, now.

We still need to change this initscript to not interference with bug #506286.
Directly after "start() {", the following is required as one line

[ ! -f /var/lock/subsys/network -a ! -f /var/lock/subsys/NetworkManager ] && exit 0

Already working on that as the package owner seems to be AWOL.

I've done as much as I can; I don't have the CVS access, or whatever exactly is needed to take it from here. If you can commit, more power to you!

ddclient-3.8.0-1.fc13 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 13.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ddclient-3.8.0-1.fc13

ddclient-3.8.0-1.fc12 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 12.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ddclient-3.8.0-1.fc12

ddclient-3.8.0-1.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 11.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ddclient-3.8.0-1.fc11

ddclient-3.8.0-1.el5 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 5.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ddclient-3.8.0-1.el5

ddclient-3.8.0-1.el4 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 4.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ddclient-3.8.0-1.el4

ddclient-3.8.0-1.fc13 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 13.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ddclient-3.8.0-1.fc13

ddclient-3.8.0-1.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 11.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ddclient-3.8.0-1.fc11

ddclient-3.8.0-1.el5 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 5.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ddclient-3.8.0-1.el5

ddclient-3.8.0-1.fc12 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 12.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ddclient-3.8.0-1.fc12

ddclient-3.8.0-1.el4 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 4.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ddclient-3.8.0-1.el4

ddclient-3.8.0-1.el4 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 4 testing repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update ddclient'.  You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ddclient-3.8.0-1.el4

ddclient-3.8.0-1.el5 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 5 testing repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update ddclient'.  You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ddclient-3.8.0-1.el5

ddclient-3.8.0-1.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 testing repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update ddclient'.  You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ddclient-3.8.0-1.fc12

ddclient-3.8.0-1.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 testing repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update ddclient'.  You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ddclient-3.8.0-1.fc11

ddclient-3.8.0-1.fc13 has been pushed to the Fedora 13 testing repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update ddclient'.  You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ddclient-3.8.0-1.fc13

This package has changed ownership in the Fedora Package Database.  Reassigning to the new owner of this component.

ddclient-3.8.0-2.fc13 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 13.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ddclient-3.8.0-2.fc13

ddclient-3.8.0-2.fc12 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 12.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ddclient-3.8.0-2.fc12

ddclient-3.8.0-2.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 11.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ddclient-3.8.0-2.fc11

ddclient-3.8.0-2.el5 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 5.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ddclient-3.8.0-2.el5

ddclient-3.8.0-2.el4 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 4.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ddclient-3.8.0-2.el4

Fixed with ddclient-3.8.0-2.

ddclient-3.8.0-2.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

ddclient-3.8.0-2.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

ddclient-3.8.0-2.fc13 has been pushed to the Fedora 13 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

ddclient-3.8.0-2.el4 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 4 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

ddclient-3.8.0-2.el5 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 5 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.