From: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2025 17:28:24 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: autopkgtest: adt-initscript: use restart to start
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autopkgtest: adt-initscript: use restart to start

Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
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diff --git a/adt/adt-initscript b/adt/adt-initscript
index 84ebbfd..920ece3 100755
--- a/adt/adt-initscript
+++ b/adt/adt-initscript
@@ -20,7 +20,15 @@ CHECK_FIREWALL=false
 USER=root
 END
 
-service hippotatd start
+# hippotatd is not actually running now because the init script check
+# if we have any configured endpoints, and doesn't run it if not.
+# With sysvinit, "start" works to start the deaemon.
+# With systemd, "start" doesn't work because systemd thought it
+# started it when it was installed.  There's apparently a "pidfile"
+# thing we could perhaps put in the LSB headers, but I couldn't find
+# any formal documentation of it.  Instead, "restart" ought to DTRT.
+service hippotatd restart
+
 curl http://localhost:8099/ | tee /dev/stderr | grep hippotat
 
 dpid=$(pidof hippotatd)