Debian init script: test for binary after reading defaults

This allows the system administrator to overwrite the DAEMON variable in
/etc/defaults/<name> and to use this init script even when the default
"/usr/sbin/ngircd" doesn't exist on the system.

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/contrib/Debian/ngircd.default b/contrib/Debian/ngircd.default
index 5b6c93fb..add278f9 100644
--- a/contrib/Debian/ngircd.default
+++ b/contrib/Debian/ngircd.default
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Defaults for ngIRCd start and stop script
 #
-# $Id: ngircd.default,v 1.1 2003/12/31 17:20:11 alex Exp $
-#
 
 # Parameters to pass to the ngircd daemon on startup, see ngircd(8) for
 # possible options (default: empty).
diff --git a/contrib/Debian/ngircd.init b/contrib/Debian/ngircd.init
index 6a418d78..8639e229 100755
--- a/contrib/Debian/ngircd.init
+++ b/contrib/Debian/ngircd.init
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
 # ngIRCd start and stop script for Debian-based systems
-# Copyright 2008-2010 Alexander Barton <alex@barton.de>
+# Copyright 2008-2013 Alexander Barton <alex@barton.de>
 #
 
 ### BEGIN INIT INFO
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ PARAMS=""
 STARTTIME=1
 DIETIME=10
 
-test -x $DAEMON || exit 5
-
 test -h "$0" && me=`readlink $0` || me="$0"
 BASENAME=`basename $me`
 
 test -r /etc/default/$BASENAME && . /etc/default/$BASENAME
 
+test -x $DAEMON || exit 5
+
 # LSB compatibility functions that become used if there is no local
 # include file available.
 log_daemon_msg() {