diff -up mailman-2.1.12/misc/mailman.in.initcleanup mailman-2.1.12/misc/mailman.in
--- mailman-2.1.12/misc/mailman.in.initcleanup	2009-10-05 09:09:35.000000000 -0400
+++ mailman-2.1.12/misc/mailman.in	2009-10-05 17:53:56.000000000 -0400
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ function start()
     then
 	touch /var/lock/subsys/$prog
 	InstallCron
+    else
+        RETVAL=6	
     fi
     echo
     return $RETVAL
@@ -98,6 +100,8 @@ function start()
 
 function stop()
 {
+    if [ -f /var/lock/subsys/$prog ]
+    then
     echo -n $"Shutting down $prog: "
     mailman-update-cfg
     daemon $MAILMANCTL -q stop
@@ -108,6 +112,10 @@ function stop()
 	RemoveCron
     fi
     echo
+    else
+    echo $"$prog already stopped."
+    RETVAL=0
+    fi
     return $RETVAL
 }
 
@@ -135,7 +143,7 @@ case "$1" in
     RETVAL=$?
     ;;
 
-'condrestart')
+'condrestart'|'try-restart')
     $MAILMANCTL -q -u status
     retval=$?
     if [ $retval -eq 0 ]
@@ -146,13 +154,20 @@ case "$1" in
     ;;
 
 'status')
-    $MAILMANCTL -u status
+    output=$($MAILMANCTL -u status)
     RETVAL=$?
+    if [ $RETVAL -eq 3 -a -f /var/lock/subsys/$prog ]
+    then
+        echo $"$prog dead but subsys locked"
+        RETVAL=2
+    else
+        echo $output
+    fi
     ;;
 
 *)
-    echo $"Usage: $prog {start|stop|restart|force-reload|condrestart|status}"
-    RETVAL=3
+    echo $"Usage: $prog {start|stop|restart|force-reload|condrestart|try-restart|status}"
+    RETVAL=2
     ;;
 
 esac