[pkg-fetchmail-maint] Bug#464549: Bug#464549: cryptic comment in init.d script

[Nico Golde]

tags 464549 + confirmed pending
thanks

Hi Frank,
* Frank S. Thomas <fst at debian.org> [2008-02-07 16:38]:
> Package: fetchmail
> Version: 6.3.8-10
> Severity: minor
> Tags: patch
> 
> Hi,
> 
> fetchmail's init.d script contains this "cryptic" comment:
> > # This script will NOT start or stop fetchmail if the /etc/fetchmailrc file
> > # does not exist or /etc/default/fetchmail is set to no.
> 
> It's not really clear what is meant by "/etc/default/fetchmail is set to no". 
> Instead this comment should explicitly state that setting the START_DAEMON 
> variable in /etc/default/fetchmail to no will result in the script not 
> starting fetchmail. A possible patch is attached.

Thank you! You are right this sentence is somehow strange. 
Your bug report comes right in time I am currently preparing 
a new package that should fix some other minor nuisances.

Kind regards
Nico
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