Modified two initscripts to support wicd -k, made wicd -k have a non-zero exit code if it can't find a daemon to kill.

in/init=redhat=wicd.in

@@ -22,13 +22,28 @@ start()
         echo
         [ "$RETVAL" = "0" ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/$servicename
 }
-stop()
+stop() 
+{
+	echo -n "Stopping wicd service and closing connections: "
+	$WICD_BIN -k
+	RETVAL=$?
+        if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then
+		echo_success
+                rm -f /var/lock/subsys/$servicename
+                rm -f $pidfile
+	else
+		echo_failure
+	fi
+	echo
+}
+
+force_stop()
 {
         echo -n "Stopping wicd service: "
         killproc -p $pidfile wicd
         RETVAL=$?
         echo
-        if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then
+        if [ $retval -eq 0 ]; then
                 rm -f /var/lock/subsys/$servicename
                 rm -f $pidfile
         fi
@@ -42,16 +57,19 @@ case "$1" in
         stop)
                 stop
         ;;
+	force_stop)
+		force_stop
+	;;
         status)
                 status -p $pidfile $processname
                 RETVAL=$?
         ;;
         restart | reload)
-                stop
+                force_stop
                 start
         ;;
         *)
-                echo "Usage: wicd {start|stop|status|reload|restart}"
+                echo "Usage: wicd {start|stop|force_stop|status|reload|restart}"
                 exit 1
         ;;
 esac

in/init=slackware=rc.wicd.in

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # /etc/rc.d/rc.wicd
 # Start/stop/restart the Wicd daemon
 
-# This is defined in /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/wicd/wpath.py
+# This is defined in /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/wicd/wpath.py
 PIDFILE="%PIDFILE%"
 DAEMON="%SBIN%wicd"
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ wicd_start() {
   fi
 }
 
-wicd_stop() {
+wicd_force_stop() {
   echo "Stopping wicd daemon..."
   if [ -e $PIDFILE ]; then
     kill $(cat $PIDFILE) 2>/dev/null
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ wicd_stop() {
   fi
 }
 
+wicd_stop() {
+  echo "Stopping wicd daemon and closing connections..."
+  $DAEMON -k
+}
+
+
 # See how we were called and take appropriate action	
 
 case $1 in
@@ -40,8 +46,11 @@ case $1 in
   stop)
     wicd_stop
    ;;
-  restart)
+  force_stop)
     wicd_stop
+   ;;
+  restart)
+    wicd_force_stop
     wicd_start
    ;;
   *)

in/man=wicd-curses.8.in

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" First revision was r203
-.TH WICD-CURSES "8" "April 2009" "wicd-curses-%CURSES_REVNO%"
+.TH WICD-CURSES "8" "December 2009" "wicd-curses-%CURSES_REVNO%"
 .SH NAME
 .B wicd-curses
 \- curses-based wicd(8) controller

wicd/wicd-daemon.py

@@ -1742,8 +1742,8 @@ def main(argv):
         try:
             f = open(wpath.pidfile)
         except:
-            print >> sys.stderr, "No wicd instance active, aborting."
+            #print >> sys.stderr, "No wicd instance active, aborting."
-            sys.exit(0)
+            sys.exit(1)
         from wicd import dbusmanager
         bus = dbusmanager.connect_to_dbus()
         dbus_ifaces = dbusmanager.get_dbus_ifaces()