From 2e4a58dec70342c3ad27aa2c5cb85a72dbe8d4db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Harl <sh@tokkee.org>
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 22:43:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] collectd.init.d: Test config file before starting collectd.

---
 debian/collectd.init.d | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/debian/collectd.init.d b/debian/collectd.init.d
index 2075887..1d2991f 100755
--- a/debian/collectd.init.d
+++ b/debian/collectd.init.d
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ else
 fi
 
 d_start() {
+	if ! $DAEMON -t -C "$CONFIGFILE" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+		$DAEMON -t -C "$CONFIGFILE"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
 	if test "$USE_COLLECTDMON" == 1; then
 		start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile "$_PIDFILE" \
 			--exec $COLLECTDMON_DAEMON -- -P "$_PIDFILE" -- -C "$CONFIGFILE"
@@ -87,7 +92,7 @@ d_stop() {
 			echo -n " ."
 
 			if test $i -gt $MAXWAIT; then
-				echo "$still_running_warning"
+				echo "$still_running_warning" >&2
 				return 1
 			fi
 
-- 
2.30.2