Hello,

I am okay with the patch, but...

> On 1 May 2019, at 17:03, Stefan Schantl <stefan.schantl(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
> 
> Force the initscript to remove the PID file when calling "stop" section.
> 
> If suricata crashes during startup, the PID file still remains and the service
> cannot be started anymore until the file has been deleted.
> 
> Now when calling "stop" or "restart" the PID file will be deleted and the service
> can be used again.
> 
> Fixes #12067.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Schantl <stefan.schantl(a)ipfire.org>
> ---
> src/initscripts/system/suricata | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/src/initscripts/system/suricata b/src/initscripts/system/suricata
> index c9f131fca..38b6a40d8 100644
> --- a/src/initscripts/system/suricata
> +++ b/src/initscripts/system/suricata
> @@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ case "$1" in
> 		# Remove suricata control socket.              
> 		rm /var/run/suricata/* >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
> 
> +		# Trash remain pid file if still exists.
> +		rm -f $PID_FILE >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
> +

Please quote variables and use {} around them.

I will soon start to reject any patches that do not follow that coding style.

Best,
-Michael

> 		# Don't report returncode of rm if suricata was not started
> 		exit 0
>         ;;
> -- 
> 2.20.1
>