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Diffstat (limited to 'src/mailman/commands/cli_control.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/mailman/commands/cli_control.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/mailman/commands/cli_control.py b/src/mailman/commands/cli_control.py index 2caaff54e..b2dc1bdd0 100644 --- a/src/mailman/commands/cli_control.py +++ b/src/mailman/commands/cli_control.py @@ -101,8 +101,10 @@ class Start: if status is WatcherState.conflict: self.parser.error(_('GNU Mailman is already running')) elif status in (WatcherState.stale_lock, WatcherState.host_mismatch): - self.parser.error(_('A previous run of GNU Mailman did not exit ' - 'cleanly. Try using --force.')) + if args.force is None: + self.parser.error( + _('A previous run of GNU Mailman did not exit ' + 'cleanly. Try using --force.')) def log(message): if not args.quiet: print message |