[Bug 1493995] [NEW] haproxy does not stop when using service/invoke-rc.d

[dlgandalf]

Public bug reported:

When trying to stop haproxy using

sudo service haproxy stop

  or

sudo invoke-rc.d haproxy stop

The tools exit with status 0, but haproxy is still running.

Example:

    sudo invoke-rc.d haproxy start
 * Starting haproxy haproxy                                                                                                             [ OK ]
be at fe2-lb1-test:~$ echo $?
0
be at fe2-lb1-test:~$ sudo invoke-rc.d haproxy stop
 * Stopping haproxy haproxy                                                                                                             [ OK ]
be at fe2-lb1-test:~$ echo $?
0
be at fe2-lb1-test:~$ ps aux |grep haproxy
haproxy  31719  0.0  1.4  33500  7100 ?        Ss   20:08   0:00 /usr/sbin/haproxy -f /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg -D -p /var/run/haproxy.pid
be       31782  0.0  0.4  11748  2232 pts/2    S+   20:09   0:00 grep --color=auto haproxy

Haproxy version:
$ aptitude show haproxy
Package: haproxy
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 1.5.4-1ubuntu2.1~ubuntu14.04.1

** Affects: trusty-backports
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: haproxy

** Description changed:

  When trying to stop haproxy using
  
  sudo service haproxy stop
-  
-   or
+ 
+   or
  
  sudo invoke-rc.d haproxy stop
  
  The tools exit with status 0, but haproxy is still running.
  
  Example:
- sudo invoke-rc.d haproxy start
-  * Starting haproxy haproxy                                                                                                             [ OK ]
+ 
+     sudo invoke-rc.d haproxy start
+  * Starting haproxy haproxy                                                                                                             [ OK ]
  be at fe2-lb1-test:~$ echo $?
  0
  be at fe2-lb1-test:~$ sudo invoke-rc.d haproxy stop
-  * Stopping haproxy haproxy                                                                                                             [ OK ]
+  * Stopping haproxy haproxy                                                                                                             [ OK ]
  be at fe2-lb1-test:~$ echo $?
  0
  be at fe2-lb1-test:~$ ps aux |grep haproxy
  haproxy  31719  0.0  1.4  33500  7100 ?        Ss   20:08   0:00 /usr/sbin/haproxy -f /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg -D -p /var/run/haproxy.pid
  be       31782  0.0  0.4  11748  2232 pts/2    S+   20:09   0:00 grep --color=auto haproxy
  
  Haproxy version:
  $ aptitude show haproxy
  Package: haproxy
  State: installed
  Automatically installed: no
  Version: 1.5.4-1ubuntu2.1~ubuntu14.04.1

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  haproxy does not stop when using service/invoke-rc.d

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