[Bug 223132] /etc/rc.d/sendmail status returns the wrong exit code

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            Bug ID: 223132
           Summary: /etc/rc.d/sendmail status returns the wrong exit code
           Product: Base System
           Version: 11.1-RELEASE
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Some People
          Priority: ---
         Component: conf
          Assignee: freebsd-bugs at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: jim+freebsd at pirzyk.org

If you have a mail server that is running sendmail daemon (sendmail_enable=YES)
and sendmail queue runner (sendmail_msp_queue=YES) and the sendmai daemon dies,
/etc/rc.d/sendmail status does see the daemon is not running but returns 0 as
the exit code.  This prevents other programs (like puppet) from restarting
sendmail to fix the issue.  If the sendmail_msp_queue is not running, it will
return non zero as the exit code:

pirzyk at amigo:~
2>sudo /etc/rc.d/sendmail status; echo $?
sendmail is running as pid 874.
sendmail_msp_queue is running as pid 877.
0
pirzyk at amigo:~
3>sudo kill -9 874
pirzyk at amigo:~
4>sudo /etc/rc.d/sendmail status; echo $?
sendmail is not running.
sendmail_msp_queue is running as pid 877.
0
pirzyk at amigo:~
5>sudo /etc/rc.d/sendmail restart        
sendmail not running? (check /var/run/sendmail.pid).
Starting sendmail.
pirzyk at amigo:~
6>sudo /etc/rc.d/sendmail status; echo $?
sendmail is running as pid 6189.
sendmail_msp_queue is running as pid 877.
0
pirzyk at amigo:~
7>sudo kill -9 877;
pirzyk at amigo:~
8>sudo /etc/rc.d/sendmail status; echo $?
sendmail is running as pid 6189.
sendmail_msp_queue is not running.
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