If not the force, what should I use?

[Tom Evans]

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 at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 08:00 -0400, Mike Meyer wrote:
> > > 
> > >            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 and
> > >                     attempt to stop.
> > > 
> > Why should it complain?
> 
> Because somebody quoted it out of context to justify a completely
> bogus assumption about what was and wasn't a bug.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 	 <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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